| List of Illustrations | |
| Preface | |
| Introduction | 3 |
| Ch. 1 | For Our Salvation: The Role of Religious Art in Pre-Reformation Germany | 10 |
| Ch. 2 | Art or Idol? | 31 |
| Iconoclasm | 35 |
| Three Case Studies | 37 |
| Nuremberg | 37 |
| Augsburg | 39 |
| Munster | 41 |
| Ch. 3 | The Impact of the Reformation on Religious Sculpture, c. 1520-1555 | 46 |
| Sculptors in a Difficult Age | 46 |
| The Story of Four Sculptors | 57 |
| Loy Hering | 57 |
| Benedikt Dreyer | 58 |
| Peter Dell the Elder | 61 |
| Hans Reinhart | 68 |
| Complex Church Programs | 72 |
| The Neue Stift at Halle | 72 |
| Neuburg an der Donau | 81 |
| Torgau | 87 |
| Ch. 4 | Religious Sculpture after the Peace of Augsburg, 1555-1580 | 95 |
| August of Saxony and the School of Dresden | 96 |
| Other Lutheran Sculptural Programs in North Germany | 104 |
| Catholic Sculpture and the Council of Trent | 108 |
| Five Case Studies | 111 |
| Augsburg | 111 |
| Trier | 115 |
| Wurzburg | 120 |
| Ingolstadt and Innsbruck | 123 |
| Ch. 5 | In Memoriam: Epitaphs and Simple Tombs | 127 |
| The Vischer Family | 129 |
| Loy Hering | 138 |
| Hans Schenck | 143 |
| Hans Bildhauer | 147 |
| Cornelis Floris of Antwerp | 149 |
| Changes in Memorial Form and Iconography | 152 |
| Ch. 6 | Commemorative Series and Complex Tombs | 157 |
| Episcopal and Princely Series | 157 |
| Complex Tomb Projects | 171 |
| The Shrine of Elector Moritz of Saxony in Freiberg | 175 |
| The Cenotaph of Emperor Maximilian I in Innsbruck | 182 |
| The Prussian Memorials in Konigsberg | 192 |
| Ch. 7 | The Renaissance Fountain | 198 |
| House Fountains | 199 |
| Civic Fountains | 216 |
| Garden Fountains | 226 |
| Ch. 8 | Sculpture and Architecture | 245 |
| Residential Sculpture | 245 |
| The City Residence at Landshut: Ludwig X of Bavaria and the Decoration of the Italian Hall | 247 |
| From Dresden to Heidelberg, or the Transition from Ornament to Art | 251 |
| Sculpture and Civic Architecture | 260 |
| The Saga of the Nuremberg Rathaus Grille | 261 |
| Sculpture and Civic Aspirations: The Rathaus Porches in Cologne and Wittenberg | 263 |
| Ch. 9 | Small Collectible Sculpture: A Study in the History of Taste | 270 |
| Art in the Private Sphere | 270 |
| The Exquisite Relief and Statuette | 281 |
| Plaquettes and Replicable Sculpture | 294 |
| Sculpture and the Collector | 303 |
| Ch. 10 | The Emergence of Sculptural Portraits | 317 |
| The German Medal: Portrait of Success | 321 |
| Hans Schwarz and the Diet of Augsburg in 1518 | 323 |
| The First Generation of Medallists | 328 |
| The Creative Impulse and Its Obstacles | 335 |
| Portrait Alternatives: Reliefs and Busts | 337 |
| Hans Daucher and the Popularization of Portraiture | 338 |
| Johann Gregor van der Schardt and Bust Portraiture | 349 |
| Conclusion: Steps towards a New Sculptural Legacy | 358 |
| Biographical Catalogue of Selected Sculptors | 363 |
| Bibliography | 411 |
| Notes | 423 |
| Photographic Credit | 487 |
| Index | 489 |
