Description: This study focuses on three paintings done by Caravaggio for the two Mattei brothers—a cardinal and a marquis who shared the family palace and, for a time, had Caravaggio as a house guest. The Mattei family has been given short shrift in the literature about Caravaggio, which otherwise has rightly devoted great attention to his patrons. This context enriches our understanding of the paintings—the "Pastor Friso," often dubiously said to represent John the Baptist, the Supper at Emmaus in the London National Gallery, and the newly rediscovered Kiss of Judas in Dublin—then implicates wider contexts, including a comparative study of the artist's most famous works, the Matthew cycle in the Contarelli chapel, and his other patrons, specifically Cardinal Del Monte. An examination of these relationships allows valuable insight into the question of Caravaggio's "naturalist style," his peers, and his period.In its intellectual approach, Caravaggio and His Two Cardinals is a series of extended essays on diverse topics that involve the politics of Counter-Reformation religion and propaganda; neo-Latin poetry; the social status of homosexuality in the period; dialect speech; and inheritance patterns of works of art in families. Gilbert's thoughtful insights on the theory of a homoerotic aspect in Caravaggio's work alone should provoke spirited scholarly discussion.
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Book Title: Caravaggio and His Two Cardinals
Publisher: Pennsylvania STATE University Press
Item Length: 11.3 in
Publication Year: 1995
Type: Textbook
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Illustrator: Yes
Item Height: 1 in
Author: Creighton E. Gilbert
Genre: Art
Topic: Individual Artists / General, Subjects & Themes / Religious, European, History / Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945), History / General, History / Renaissance
Item Weight: 52.9 Oz
Item Width: 8.8 in
Number of Pages: 336 Pages
