The Matter of Violence in Baroque Painting /
Cornea, Bogdan
The Matter of Violence in Baroque Painting / Bogdan Cornea. - 1 online resource (184 p.) - Visual and Material Culture, 1300 –1700 ; 43 .
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Images -- An Introduction -- 1. Wound: On Caravaggio’s Martyrdom of Saint Ursula -- 2. Touch: On Giovanni Lanfranco’s Saint Peter Healing Saint Agatha -- 3. Skin: On Jusepe de Ribera’s Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew -- 4. Flesh: On Georges de La Tour’s Penitent Saint Jerome -- 5. Blood: On Artemisia Gentileschi’s Judith Slaying Holofernes -- 6. Death: On Francisco de Zurbarán’s The Martyrdom of Saint Serapion -- Conclusion -- General Bibliography -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Baroque depictions of violence are often described in art historical literature as ‘over the top’ and ‘excessive’. Their material richness, exciting visual complexity, and the visceral corporeal engagement are often explained away as reflecting the presumed violence of early modern society. The book explores the intersection between materiality, excess, and violence in seventeenth-century paintings through a sustained interpretation of primary sources of some of the most iconic works of Baroque art. It ultimately argues that such works are better understood as generative and transformative – of paintings as having the power to become – and their effect of beholders as unforeseen, violent, and excessive – a violence of sensation.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9789048543830
10.1515/9789048543830 doi
Painting, Baroque--Themes, motives--Europe.
Violence in art.
Art and Material Culture.
History, Art History, and Archaeology.
Literary Theory, Criticism, and History.
ART / History / Baroque & Rococo.
Baroque, Violence, Painting, Materiality, Temporality, Narrative.
759.046
The Matter of Violence in Baroque Painting / Bogdan Cornea. - 1 online resource (184 p.) - Visual and Material Culture, 1300 –1700 ; 43 .
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Images -- An Introduction -- 1. Wound: On Caravaggio’s Martyrdom of Saint Ursula -- 2. Touch: On Giovanni Lanfranco’s Saint Peter Healing Saint Agatha -- 3. Skin: On Jusepe de Ribera’s Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew -- 4. Flesh: On Georges de La Tour’s Penitent Saint Jerome -- 5. Blood: On Artemisia Gentileschi’s Judith Slaying Holofernes -- 6. Death: On Francisco de Zurbarán’s The Martyrdom of Saint Serapion -- Conclusion -- General Bibliography -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Baroque depictions of violence are often described in art historical literature as ‘over the top’ and ‘excessive’. Their material richness, exciting visual complexity, and the visceral corporeal engagement are often explained away as reflecting the presumed violence of early modern society. The book explores the intersection between materiality, excess, and violence in seventeenth-century paintings through a sustained interpretation of primary sources of some of the most iconic works of Baroque art. It ultimately argues that such works are better understood as generative and transformative – of paintings as having the power to become – and their effect of beholders as unforeseen, violent, and excessive – a violence of sensation.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9789048543830
10.1515/9789048543830 doi
Painting, Baroque--Themes, motives--Europe.
Violence in art.
Art and Material Culture.
History, Art History, and Archaeology.
Literary Theory, Criticism, and History.
ART / History / Baroque & Rococo.
Baroque, Violence, Painting, Materiality, Temporality, Narrative.
759.046