The Sacred Image in the Age of Art: Titian, Tintoretto, Barocci, El Greco, Caravaggio

Citation:

Hall, Marcia B. 2011. The Sacred Image in the Age of Art: Titian, Tintoretto, Barocci, El Greco, Caravaggio. New Haven: Yale University Press, 310.
The Sacred Image in the Age of Art: Titian, Tintoretto, Barocci, El Greco, Caravaggio

Abstract:

Changing times. Protestants and Catholics in dialogue on images -- The dilemma of naturalism -- Interpreting and narrating the sacred image -- Michelangelo's Last judgment and the failure of the sacred image at midcentury -- The decree and the didactic solution -- The affective response to Trent. Titian : his trip to Rome and after -- Jacopo Tintoretto : sacred narrative and theater -- Federico Barocci : from here to ecstasy -- El Greco : Italy transported to Spain -- Caravaggio : secularizing the sacred, sanctifying the secular -- Conclusion -- Appendix. Decree of the twenty-fifth session of the Council of Trent.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.HOLLIS no. 012677794

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