Baroque religious pilgrimages and decorations of printed pilgrimage guides
Anna Holešová
Pilgrimage guides belong to the most widely published types of religious literature in Bohemia and Moravia 17th 18th centuries. During this period Baroque religiosity grew stronger Catholic Church sought consolidate its position country, which inclined ideas Reformation. Religious pilgrimages, festivities ceremonies along with worship saints faith miracles, served as promotional tools faith. In order spread Marian Piety, Czech Moravian printers works written by representatives church elites. their they dealt history pilgrimage sites related Virgin Mary. The prints were Latin German. addition treatise about miraculous healings, included prayers, songs recommendations how behave during a pilgrimage. It was not only text component reader found interesting; he/she also impressed graphic design print. book decoration consisted vignettes, friezes, typographic ornaments, lines or clichés, fulﬁ lled an aesthetic practical function. customers’ interest stimulated copper engraving illustrations allegorical frontispieces depicting statue miracle picture depiction concrete site form veduta. authors some important illustrators engravers who collaborated famous foreign artists.
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