Bibliograph

Displacing Caravaggio, art, media, and humanitarian visual culture, Francesco Zucconi ; translated by Zakiya Hanafi

Type

Label

Displacing Caravaggio, art, media, and humanitarian visual culture, Francesco Zucconi ; translated by Zakiya Hanafi

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Displacing Caravaggio

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1065354654

Responsibility statement

Francesco Zucconi ; translated by Zakiya Hanafi

Sub title

art, media, and humanitarian visual culture

Summary

This book takes its start from a series of attempts to use Caravaggio's works for contemporary humanitarian communications. How did his Sleeping Cupid (1608) end up on the island of Lampedusa, at the heart of the Mediterranean migrant crisis? And why was his painting The Seven Works of Mercy (1607) requested for display at several humanitarian public events? After critical reflection on these significant transfers of Caravaggio's work, Francesco Zucconi takes Baroque art as a point of departure to guide readers through some of the most haunting and compelling images of our time. Each chapter analyzes a different form of media and explores a problem that ties together art history and humanitarian communications: from Caravaggio's attempt to represent life itself as a subject of painting to the way bodies and emotions are presented in NGO campaigns. What emerges from this probing and insightful inquiry at the intersection of art theory, media studies and political philosophy is an original critical path in humanitarian visual culture. --, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Humanitarian archeology -- Un-still life -- Pathos, survival, and "quasi immanence -- On the limits of the virtual humanitarian experience -- Caravaggio on Lampedusa -- On displacing

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