1st Edition

Caravaggio in Film and Literature Popular Culture's Appropriation of a Baroque Genius

By Laura Rorato Copyright 2014
    236 Pages
    by Routledge

    236 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book provides a panoramic overview of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio's, a Baroque Genius, appropriation by popular culture. It addresses the theme of the shadow of art by drawing readers' attention to the gap between the work of art and the place it occupies.

    Introduction: Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio: A Self-Perpetuating Myth 1. Caravaggio in Context 2. Michelangelo Merisi's Lives: The 'Painter as Character' Genre 3. Caravaggio, Crime Fiction, and the Noir 4. Caravaggio and Homoerotic Concerns 5. Deleuzian Folds: Michael Ondaatje's and Anthony Minghella's Caravaggio 6. Conclusion: Caravaggio and the Neo-Baroque: Some Final Considerations

    Biography

    Laura Rorato