The chapter deals with the suggestive implications of Caravaggio's paintings in the decapitation sequence of _Measure for Measure:, offering an intermedial cnfrontation between painterly iconography and drama through a common strategy of comedic and dramatic effects which invite thoughts of spiritual meditation on the materiality of the exposed corpse
“The Charm of Decapitation. Medusa in Caravaggio and Measure for Measure”, in _Shakespeare and the Visual Arts - The Italian Influence_, ed. M. Marrapodi, Abingdon-New York, Routledge, 2017.
CORONATO, ROCCO
2017
Abstract
The chapter deals with the suggestive implications of Caravaggio's paintings in the decapitation sequence of _Measure for Measure:, offering an intermedial cnfrontation between painterly iconography and drama through a common strategy of comedic and dramatic effects which invite thoughts of spiritual meditation on the materiality of the exposed corpse
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