The art of surgery
| Autor: | Antonio V. Sterpetti |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Painting
Famous Persons Goiter Evil spirit business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Medicine in the Arts Perfection Art history Clothing GOZZO TIROIDEO ARTE DEL RINASCIMENTO CARAVAGGIO History 17th Century Portrait Italy History 16th Century Humans Medicine Paintings Surgery Homicide business Thyroid goitre media_common Everyday reality |
| Popis: | Published online in Wiley Online Library (www.bjs.co.uk). DOI: 10.1002/bjs.10863 In times when art usually depicted perfection, Caravaggio (1571–1610) painted everyday reality. He used people walking the streets of Rome to represent holy figures. Caravaggio loved many women. He killed a man in a duel and had to flee from Rome to avoid being ‘beheaded by anybody who saw him’. In this biblical scene he painted, Judith Beheading Holofernes, Judith is a portrait of Fillide Melandroni, the reason for the duel. Holofernes is a self-portrait. Judith looks cruel, in mourning clothes, seeking revenge for the assassination of her lover. The maidservant, almost an evil spirit, has a voluminous thyroid goitre, and she seems to encourage the revenge of Fillide. Read more about Caravaggio and this painting in an essay online. |
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