Kathy Ellwardt: Protestant church in Germany
The book provides an overview of the architecture and furnishings of Protestant Churches in Germany from the Reformation to the present. In easily understandable form art historical phenomena are explained in the context of national, religious and social history with easily understood examples.
essential to the understanding of Protestant religious buildings are the historic origins. A Protestant church is first and foremost worship space. The needs of the liturgy dominate the rooms and their equipment, so that foundations are Lutheran and Reformed theology to teach as well as the similarities and differences between the two Protestant denominations.
It is necessary to question the motivations of people who were responsible in the past centuries for planning and construction of churches and they used to worship.
