Quoting Caravaggio : contemporary art, preposterous history / Mieke Bal.

Main entry:

Bal, Mieke, 1946-

Title & Author:

Quoting Caravaggio : contemporary art, preposterous history / Mieke Bal.

Publication:

Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, 1999.

Description:

xvi, 305 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-285) and index.
Skin-deep : baroque point of view -- White historiography -- Reading Caravaggio : basic instincts and their discontents -- Sighting time -- Space, Inc. -- Second-person narrative -- Mirrors of nature -- Narcissus now.

Summary:

Bal investigates not only the great seventeenth-century painter, but also the issue of temporality in art. A rigorous, rewarding work that is at once a mediation on creative history and Caravaggio as well as a brilliant critical exposition of current artistic representation and practice.

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Publisher description

ISBN:

0226035565 (alk. paper)
9780226035567 (alk. paper)
0226035573 (pbk.)
9780226035574 (pbk.)

Subject:

Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da, 1573-1610 Criticism and interpretation.
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da, 1573-1610.
Caravage, 1573-1610 Critique et interprétation.
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da 1571-1610
Art, Modern 20th century Themes, motives.
Art, Baroque Influence.
Artists Psychology.
Art baroque Influence.
Artistes Psychologie.
Art 20e siècle Thèmes, motifs.
Art, Modern Themes, motives.
Rezeption
Beeldende kunsten.
Invloed.
Receptie.
Art, Modern 20th century.

Form/genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 213615
Call No.: ND37.C262 B3 1999
Status: Available

Location: Library main 213616
Call No.: ND37.C262 B3 1999
Status: Available

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