Picturing carnal temptation and sin in Italian post-Tridentine imagery
By: Minna Hamrin
Publisher: Åbo Akademi University Press
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Åbo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9789517659130
Subjects: Christian saints in art; Lust in art; Temptation in art; Sin in art; Christian art and symbolism; Italian Art; Themes, motives
Description: Images of male saints defending their chastity against transgressive women were increasingly produced in post-Tridentine Italy - a period when Catholic dogma, through Church reform, emphasized the superiority of the virginal state and the danger of carnal desire. The images show the female gender as an immediate danger to the patriarchal order, eager to corrupt innocent, pious men by inducing them to engage in the sin of fornication. In this thesis, temptation scenes from the lives of various male saints are studied. The material consists of paintings, drawings, engravings and sculptures, all produced in Italy during the 'long seventeenth century'.
Notes: Dissertation Åbo Akademi, Fakulteten för humaniora, psykologi och teologi 2018

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-256)