Cover of Quoting Caravaggio

Book 2001

Quoting Caravaggio

2 readers

Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Language
English
Published
2001
  • Art, Modern
  • Baroque Art
  • Criticism and interpretation
  • Influence
  • Art, Baroque
  • Modern Art
  • Artists
  • Themes, motives

Let me propose Caravaggio's The Incredulity of Saint Thomas, also known as Doubting Thomas (fig. 1.1), as an emblem for the project of getting at the depth of surface, of reaching skin-deep.