In:
Annales. Histoire, Sciences Sociales, Cambridge University Press (CUP), Vol. 40, No. 2 ( 1985-04), p. 307-327
Abstract:
A painting by Agostino Carracci in the Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples, carries the title Composition with figures and animais. However, old inventories identify the figures as a wild man, a dwarf, and afool, the basest members of the Roman court of Cardinal Odoardo Farnese. The pointer, who was part of the Farnese court unitl the end ofthe sixteenth century, created an astonishing polemical portrait which, by restoring human dignity to such creatures, implicitly challenges the official ideology that condemns them to the level of animals. This challenge was inspired by Democritus, the Greek philosopher who believed that animais were superior to man, to whom Agostino Carracci devotes a highly intriguing picture also at Capodimonte.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0395-2649
,
1953-8146
DOI:
10.3406/ahess.1985.283163
Language:
English
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date:
1985
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298-7
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2209294-8
SSG:
8,2
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