The picture of Lucas Cranach the senior the portraitist of the reformer Martin Luther. With the standardized portraits of Luther, the Reformation gets its own distinctive visual language. These paintings from the Cranach Workshop were produced in large quantities and sold to the parishes and private individuals. There is an intention of propaganda. The term propaganda is a modern one, but we use it deliberately to study of the mechanisms and phenomena of the sixteenth century to the 21st century. Simple truths require simple solutions.

inclusion. common sense. 2018. digital photo

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