Exporting Caravaggio - The Crucifixion of Saint Andrew

Recounts the complex history of this understudied masterwork and its important, and influential, position in Caravaggio's oeuvre.

List of contents

Director's Foreword

Acknowledgments

1 Preface: Why Caravaggio?

Introduction

Part I. Caravaggio in Spanish Naples

Becoming Caravaggio

Martyring Saint Andrew

Caravaggio and the Myth of Naples

From Court to Cult: Viceregal Patronage in Seventeenth-Century Naples

Part II. From Naples to Valladolid

Collecting Caravaggio in Spain

Painting Caravaggio: Technique and Conservation in the Crucifixion of Saint Andrew

Authentic Replicas

Conclusion: Mobility and Stasis in the Art of Caravaggio

Notes

Bibliography

Photo Credits

The Cleveland Museum of Art Board of Trustees

About the author

Erin E. Benay is Climo Junior Professor of Renaissance and Baroque Art, Department of Art History, Case Western Reserve University, OH.

Summary

Recounts the complex history of this understudied masterwork and its important, and influential, position in Caravaggio's oeuvre.

Product details

• Authors: Erin Benay, Erin E Benay, Erin E. Benay, Professor Erin E. Benay, Benay Erin E.
• Publisher: Pan macmillan Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2018
• EAN: 9781911282242
• ISBN: 978-1-911282-24-2
• Illustrations: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Series: Cleveland Masterwork
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; ART / Conservation & Preservation, ART / Subjects & Themes / Religious, ART / Individual Artists / Monographs, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, History of Art, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Individual artists, art monographs, History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800, Religious subjects depicted in art, ART / History / European / Baroque & Rococo, Religious and ceremonial arts