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Grotesque and Caricature
Leonardo to Bernini
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Grotesque and Caricature: Leonardo to Bernini examines these two genres across Renaissance and Early Modern Italy. Although their origins stem from Antiquity, it were Leonardo da Vinciâs early teste caricate that injected fresh life into the tradition, greatly inspiring generations of artists. Critical among them were his Milanese followers, such as Giovanni Paolo Lomazzo, and also Michelangelo and Sebastiano del Piombo as well as, notably, Annibale Carracci, Guercino, and Bernini among others. Their artistic productionâdrawings, prints, paintings, and sculptureâreveals deep interest in physical, physiognomic, and psychological observations with a penchant for humour and wit. Written by an international group of established and emerging scholars, this volume explores new insights to these complementary artistic genres.
Contributors include: Carlo Avilio, Ilaria Bernocchi, Christophe Brouard, Sandra Cheng, Susan Klaiber, Michael W. Kwakkelstein, Tod A. Marder, Rebecca Norris, Lucia Tantardini, Nicholas J. L. Turner, Mary Vaccaro, and Matthias Wivel.
Contributors include: Carlo Avilio, Ilaria Bernocchi, Christophe Brouard, Sandra Cheng, Susan Klaiber, Michael W. Kwakkelstein, Tod A. Marder, Rebecca Norris, Lucia Tantardini, Nicholas J. L. Turner, Mary Vaccaro, and Matthias Wivel.
Rebecca Norris, PhD (2014, University of Cambridge), is Adjunct Instructor in Art History at the University of Nebraska in Omaha. She is a scholar of North Italian Renaissance.
Lucia Tantardini, PhD (2014, University of Cambridge), is an Affiliated Lecturer in History of Art at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge. She is a scholar of Renaissance Milan and is currently working on two books: Aurelio Luini (ca. 1530â93). The Complete Paintings and Drawings (Ugo Bozzi) and Drawing in Renaissance and Early Modern Milan (Routledge).
Lucia Tantardini, PhD (2014, University of Cambridge), is an Affiliated Lecturer in History of Art at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge. She is a scholar of Renaissance Milan and is currently working on two books: Aurelio Luini (ca. 1530â93). The Complete Paintings and Drawings (Ugo Bozzi) and Drawing in Renaissance and Early Modern Milan (Routledge).
Preface and Acknowledgements
âLucia Tantardini, Rebecca Norris and Lucia Tantardini
List of Figures
Notes on Contributors
Notes on the Text
Monstrous Inventions: Caricature and the Grotesque in Early Modern Art
âSandra Cheng
1 Leonardo da Vinciâs Drawings of Busts of Old Men and Women with Monstruous Faces: Satire as Moral Criticism
âMichael W. Kwakkelstein
2 Lomazzoâs Grotesque Heads Revisited
âLucia Tantardini
3 Sebastiano del Piomboâs Caricatural Gesture and the Path to Idealism
âMatthias Wivel
4 Burlesque Irreverences: Domenico Campagnola and Ruzante in the Corte Cornaro
âChristophe Brouard
5 Carracciâs Ritrattini Carichi and the âOriginsâ of Caricature
âMary Vaccaro
6 Guercinoâs Grotesque Heads and Caricatures
âNicholas Turner
7 Deformation as Revelation: A Monstrous Portrait by Bartolomeo Passerotti
âIlaria Bernocchi
8 Heavenly Bodies III: Berniniâs Caricatures and Copies
âTod Marder
9 Rudolf Wittkower, Berniniâs Caricatures (1931)
âTranslator Susan Klaiber
10 Jusepe de Ribera and the Grotesque: Between Science and Comedy
âCarlo Avilio
Bibliography
âLucia Tantardini, Rebecca Norris and Lucia Tantardini
List of Figures
Notes on Contributors
Notes on the Text
Monstrous Inventions: Caricature and the Grotesque in Early Modern Art
âSandra Cheng
1 Leonardo da Vinciâs Drawings of Busts of Old Men and Women with Monstruous Faces: Satire as Moral Criticism
âMichael W. Kwakkelstein
2 Lomazzoâs Grotesque Heads Revisited
âLucia Tantardini
3 Sebastiano del Piomboâs Caricatural Gesture and the Path to Idealism
âMatthias Wivel
4 Burlesque Irreverences: Domenico Campagnola and Ruzante in the Corte Cornaro
âChristophe Brouard
5 Carracciâs Ritrattini Carichi and the âOriginsâ of Caricature
âMary Vaccaro
6 Guercinoâs Grotesque Heads and Caricatures
âNicholas Turner
7 Deformation as Revelation: A Monstrous Portrait by Bartolomeo Passerotti
âIlaria Bernocchi
8 Heavenly Bodies III: Berniniâs Caricatures and Copies
âTod Marder
9 Rudolf Wittkower, Berniniâs Caricatures (1931)
âTranslator Susan Klaiber
10 Jusepe de Ribera and the Grotesque: Between Science and Comedy
âCarlo Avilio
Bibliography
All interested in grotesque and caricature and, more widely, Italian Renaissance art and theory. Keywords: Grotesque, caricature, Leonardo da Vinci, Bernini, Luini, Sebastiano del Piombo, Domenico Campagnola, Ruzante, Annibale Carracci, Guercino, Bartolomeo Passerotti, Rudolf Wittkower, Jusepe de Ribera, Renaissance, Early Modern Italy, art history.