ARTH 3340 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Memento Mori, Domenichino, Fasciation
12 Oct 2016
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During last class, looked at those who were considered the other ; at east in terms of. Muslim, islam, and judaism: romantic quality given to islamic otherness and fascination, judaism conflict idea. Jews were blamed for the crucifixion on other side compassion and understanding. Majority of works depicting freaks taken from baroque. Both renaissance and baroque look to the idealization of human form takes precedence rooted to ancient traditions. In baroque, perfection shown in contrast to things that are not perfect. The very word marvel" by definition is something beyond ordinary experience. Things that are terrifying can have meraviglia (ex; modern day horror movies) Ghouls just want to have fun image is of memento mori (you too will die) Fasciation with public dissections (biology becoming entertainment). Not done in italy but rational, clinical places such as netherlands did. Led to important art: ex: rembrant"s the anatomy lesson of dr. nicholeas tulp.
