Der Judaskuss der Malerei: subversive Bildstrategien im Werk Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggios

Abstract

"Caravaggio's art is subjected to a political interpretation that draws on Erasmus's writings to explain his paintings. According to Erasmus's Philosophia christiana, in contrast to Gabriele Paleotti's Discorso intorno alle immagini sacre e profane of 1582, the sacred is best expressed through the profane. The divine is hidden beneath the cloak of the ugly and the vulgar. Numerous interpretations refer to the dissimulation of anti-Catholic content in Caravaggio's paintings and the tradition of Pasquino. As poems from Marino's Galeria show, the talking statue represents much more than a symbol of defamation; it symbolizes political resistance and hidden opposition to oppression by the Catholic Church"-- Provided by publisher.