The Nomadic Object ― The Challenge of World for Early Modern Religious Art

A team of renowned scholars examines how sacred art and artefacts responded to the demands of a world stage in the age of reform, demonstrating the significance of religious systems for a global art history.

Christine Gottler is Professor of Art History at the University of Bern. She has published extensively on diverse topics ranging from Reformation iconoclasm, post-Tridentine spirituality, and the relationship between art, nature, and the senses to aspects of early modern artists’ materials.Mia M. Mochizuki is Associate Professor of Renaissance and Baroque Art History at NYU Abu Dhabi and the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. Her publications have focused on iconoclasm in 17th-century Dutch art and globalisation in early Jesuit art.