Counter-Reformation
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- noun
- /ˈkaʊntərˌrɛfərˈmeɪʃən/
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Contrarreforma
- Many artists produced stunning works during the Counter-Reformation, which aimed to convey the power and beauty of Catholic doctrine.
Plus Martin Luther led to the Reformation, led to the counter Reformation, led to the religious wars.
- Plus Martin Luther led to the Reformation, led to the counter Reformation, led to the religious wars.
Examples
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Such an assumption seems predicated on conditions more characteristic of the Counter-Reformation than of pre-Renaissance Italy.
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Nonetheless, the finished product fell short of the Counter-Reformation ideal of thematically coordinated altarpieces.
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The Counter-Reformation revitalized the cult of Saint Joseph and held him up as a model for married men and fathers.
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Posed in voluptuous grief, Dolorosa is the very ideal of Counter-Reformation art.
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During the Counter Reformation, Catholics drew up several lists of ecumenical councils.
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One of the most potent weapons in the arsenal of the Counter-Reformation bishop was the pastoral visitation.
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Strangely enough, neither Paleotti nor any other art theorist of the Counter-Reformation seems to have adopted John's point of view.
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The result in Rome was a compromise between tradition and the new programmatic impulse of the Counter-Reformation, but one weighted toward the preservation of old titles.
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The memory of Borromeo's work during the Counter Reformation provides an occasion to contrast the traits of a true reformer with those of a false one.
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The Counter-Reformation was a significant period when the Catholic Church sought to reform and strengthen its practices in response to Protestant criticism.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Counter-Reformation = Reformation (semi-transparent) = counter + re + form + ation
The word is built transparently from 'Reformation' with the opposition prefix 'counter-', but it names a specific historical church movement rather than a fully general compositional meaning.
Etymology
Counter-Reformation comes from counter meaning 'against' and reformation meaning 'a change to make things better', so the phrase literally means a movement 'against' a reform. This helps explain why the term refers to the Catholic Church's response in the 1500s–1600s that acted 'against' the Protestant Reformation while trying to renew Catholic belief and practice.