Caravaggio in Film and Literature: Popular Culture's Appropriation of a Baroque Genius

by Laura Rorato

Overview

This book provides a panoramic overview of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio's, a Baroque Genius, appropriation by popular culture. It addresses the theme of the shadow of art by drawing readers' attention to the gap between the work of art and the place it occupies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367599911
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/30/2020
Pages:	236
Product dimensions:	6.69(w) x 9.75(h) x (d)

About the Author

Laura Rorato is Senior Lecturer in Italian at Bangor University.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio: A Self-Perpetuating Myth 1. Caravaggio in Context 2. Michelangelo Merisi's Lives: The 'Painter as Character' Genre 3. Caravaggio, Crime Fiction, and the Noir 4. Caravaggio and Homoerotic Concerns 5. Deleuzian Folds: Michael Ondaatje's and Anthony Minghella's Caravaggio 6. Conclusion: Caravaggio and the Neo-Baroque: Some Final Considerations