Bernard Picart and the First Global Vision of Religion

Lynn Hunt, Margaret C. Jacob, W. W. Mijnhardt

Getty Publications, 2010 - Art - 364 pages

In an era of intense religious conflict in Europe and ongoing exploration of the lands beyond Europe, Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde (1723-37) set a new agenda for thinking about faith and provided a lasting visual template for representing the world's religions. In the work's seven massive volumes, Jean Frederic Bernard and the renowned engraver Bernard Picart invited readers to view religions and their institutions as cultural practices.
Bernard Picart and The First Global Vision of Religion approaches this much-cited but little-studied work from a variety of angles. Its fifteen scholarly essays examine Bernard and Picart's authorial and artistic strategies, the handling of religious difference in Cérémonies et coutumes religieuses, and the cultural context that fostered the creation of one of the most influential works of comparative religion ever published.

Contents

• Introduction: 1
• Part One: 15
• Chapter 1: 17
• Index: 352
• Back cover: 365

Bibliographic information

• Title: Bernard Picart and the First Global Vision of Religion; Getty Publications - Series; Volume 18 of Issues & debates, ISSN 2154-431X
• Authors: Lynn Hunt, Margaret C. Jacob, W. W. Mijnhardt
• Editors: Lynn Hunt, Margaret C. Jacob, W. W. Mijnhardt
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Getty Publications, 2010
• ISBN: 089236968X, 9780892369683
• Length: 364 pages
• Subjects: Art / European; Art / General; Art / Individual Artists / General; Religion / Comparative Religion; Religion / History; Social Science / Customs & Traditions