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

by Laura Rorato

Overview

Although fictional responses to Caravaggio date back to the painter's lifetime (1571-1610), it was during the second half of the twentieth century that interest in him took off outside the world of art history. In this new monograph, the first book-length study of Caravaggio's recent impact, Rorato provides a panoramic overview of his appropriation by popular culture. The extent of the Caravaggio myth, and its self-perpetuating nature, are brought out by a series of case studies involving authors and directors from numerous countries (Italy, Great Britain, America, Canada, France and Norway) and literary and filmic texts from a number of genres - from straightforward tellings of his life to crime fiction, homoerotic film and postcolonial literature.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781351572675
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/05/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	236
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Laura Rorato

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