184 Pages
by
Routledge
184 Pages
by
Routledge
184 Pages
by
Routledge
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Baroque depictions of violence are often dismissed as ‘over the top’ and ‘excessive’. Their material richness and exciting visual complexity, together with the visceral engagement they demand from beholders, are usually explained in literature as reflecting the presumed violence of early modern society. This book explores the intersection between materiality, excess, and violence in... Read more
Acknowledgments, List of Images, An Introduction, Chapter One. Wound: On Caravaggio's Martyrdom of Saint Ursula, Chapter Two. Touch: On Giovanni Lanfranco's Saint Peter Healing Saint Agatha, Chapter Three. Skin: On Jusepe de Ribera's Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew, Chapter Four. Flesh: On Georges de la Tour's Penitent Saint Jerome, Chapter Five. Blood: On Artemisia Gentileschi's Judith Slaying Holofernes, Chapter Six. Death: On Francisco de Zurbarán's Martyrdom of Saint Serapion, Conclusion, General Bibliography, Index.
Biography
Dr Bogdan Cornea is a writer and independent scholar who earned his PhD in History of Art from the University of York. He has published articles on the relationship between materiality and violence in the art of Jusepe de Ribera and on the art and architecture of eighteenth century Romania.
