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Caravaggio and pictorial narrative : dislocating the Istoria in early modern painting / Lorenzo Pericolo.

Author/creator Pericolo, Lorenzo, 1966-
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoLondon : Harvey Miller Publishers, [2011]
Descriptionvii, 654 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm.
Subject(s)
Portion of title Dislocating the Istoria in early modern painting
Series HMSBA ; 2
Harvey Miller studies in Baroque art ; 2. ^A1114966
Contents A matter of optics and rhetoric: the aporia of pictorial narravtive before, during, and after Caravaggio's time, Caravaggio's nonsense -- The glitches in Alberti's Istoria: the human figure between beauty and reality -- The glitches in Alberti's Istoria: time and action -- The false dichotomy between telling and showing: beyond Alberti's Istoria -- Blending genres: lyrical and comical interactions in Caravaggio's early paintings, comedy of errors -- Money and seduction: narrative patterns in Caravaggio's two versions of the Fortune Teller -- Behind the comical trick: Caravaggio's 'The Cardsharps' and Giovan Battista Marino's "Gioco de Primera " -- Love in the mirror: a comparative reading of Titian's 'Woman at her Toilet' and Caravaggio's 'Conversion of Mary Magdalene'.
General noteHMSBA is Harvey Miller Studies in Baroque Art.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 589-643) and index.
LCCN 2011294384
ISBN9781905375486
ISBN1905375484

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