This exhibition at Boston College's McMullen Museum of Art (February-May 1999) takes an interdisciplinary approach to studying the style, subject matter, and functions of religious art in Italy between 1580-1680. The conceptual centerpiece of the exhibition is Caravaggio's recently rediscovered The Taking of Christ . The catalogue reproduces in color all of the paintings in the exhibition and includes a collection of essays that analyze how some of the period's most important artistic, religious, and social concerns are ...
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This exhibition at Boston College's McMullen Museum of Art (February-May 1999) takes an interdisciplinary approach to studying the style, subject matter, and functions of religious art in Italy between 1580-1680. The conceptual centerpiece of the exhibition is Caravaggio's recently rediscovered The Taking of Christ . The catalogue reproduces in color all of the paintings in the exhibition and includes a collection of essays that analyze how some of the period's most important artistic, religious, and social concerns are encapsulated within the various images. Contributors include Franco Mormando (Exhibition Organizer and Catalogue Editor), Gauvin Bailey, Noel Barber, Sergio Benedetti, Pamela Jones, John W. O'Malley, John Varriano, Josephine von Henneberg, and Thomas Worcester.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 1350grams, ISBN: 9781892850003.
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Very Good Plus. Exhibition Catalogue. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Soft cover, as issued., only slight signs of handling to exterior. no other flaws. clean, no writing or markings. no bumps, tears or creases. tight binding.; distributed by university of chicago press.; 235pp., 30 full-page color plates, 40 b/w figures supporting essays/text., nine scholarly essays by eight contributors.; softcover original..; not to be confused with book of similar title that focuses on the northern contemporaries and followers of caravaggio., exhibition brochure laid-in.
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VG (Ex-library with label and pocket and few marks, average edge wear, otherwise clean. ) Maroon and gold color-illustrated wraps with black lettering; 235 pp. with 30 color plates and 40 bw figures. This exhibition at Boston College's McMullen Museum of Art (February-May 1999) takes an interdisciplinary approach to studying the style, subject matter, and functions of religious art in Italy between 1580-1680. The conceptual centerpiece of the exhibition is Caravaggio's recently rediscovered The Taking of Christ. The catalogue reproduces in color all of the paintings in the exhibition and includes a collection of essays that analyze how some of the period's most important artistic, religious, and social concerns are encapsulated within the various images. Contributors include Franco Mormando (Exhibition Organizer and Catalogue Editor), Gauvin Bailey, Noel Barber, Sergio Benedetti, Pamela Jones, John W. O'Malley, John Varriano, Josephine von Henneberg, and Thomas Worcester. Contents as follows: Preface: The murder behind the discovery / Noel Barber--Editor's introduction / Franco Mormando--A historiographical frame for the paintings: recent interpretations of early modern Catholicism / John W. O'Malley--The power of images: paintings and viewers in Caravaggio's Italy / Pamela M. Jones--Trent and beyond: arts of transformation / Thomas Worcester--Teaching the faithful to fly: Mary Magdalene and Peter in Baroque Italy / Franco Mormando--Cardinal Caesar Baronius, the arts, and the early Christian martyrs / Josephine von Henneberg--The Jesuits and painting in Italy, 1550-1690: the art of Catholic reform / Gauvin Alexander Bailey--"Just as your lips approach the lips of your brothers": Judas Iscariot and the kiss of betrayal / Franco Mormando--Caravaggio and religion / John Varriano--Classical and religious influences in Caravaggio's painting / Sergio Benedetti.
