Mary Magdalene, Iconographic Studies from the Middle Ages to the BaroqueMary Magdalene, Iconographic Studies from the Middle Ages to the Baroque examines the iconographic inventions in Magdalene imagery and the contextual factors that shaped her representation in visual art from the fourteenth to the seventeenth centuries. Unique to other saints in the medieval lexicon, images of Mary Magdalene were altered over time to satisfy the changing needs of her patrons as well as her audience. By shedding light on the relationship between the Magdalene and her patrons, both corporate and private, as well as the religious institutions and regions where her imagery is found, this anthology reveals the flexibility of the Magdalene’s character in art and, in essence, the reinvention of her iconography from one generation to the next. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Part One Iconographic Invention in the Life of Mary Magdalene | 19 |
Trecento Franciscan Imagery in the GuidalottiRinuccini Chapel Florence | 21 |
Innovation in the Late Medieval Mural Cycle of Santa Maddalena in Rencio Bolzano | 45 |
Documenting Its Context | 75 |
Part Two Mary Magdalene as the Reformed Sinner | 105 |
Magdalene Imagery and Prostitution Reform in Early Modern Italian Chapbooks and Broadsheets | 107 |
Chapter Five Tintorettos Holy Hermits at the Scuola Grande di San Rocco | 135 |
The Magdalene as Guardian and Advocate | 267 |
Piety Politics and Personal Agenda in Louise of Savoys Vie de la Magdalene | 269 |
Chapter Eleven Mary Magdalene Between Public Cult and Personal Devotion in Correggios Noli Me Tangere | 295 |
Chapter Twelve Reflections on a Glass Madeleine Pénitente | 315 |
The Magdalenes Role Transformed | 339 |
Chapter Thirteen Exorcism in the Iconography of Mary Magdalene | 341 |
Chapter Fourteen Woman Why Weepest Thou? Mary Magdalene the Virgin Mary and the Transformative Power of Holy Tears in Late Medieval De... | 361 |
Chapter Fifteen Mary Magdalene and the Iconography of Domesticity | 383 |
Chapter Six Irony and Realism in the Iconography of Caravaggios Penitent Magdalene | 161 |
Mary Magdalene the Witness | 187 |
Mary Magdalene in Noli me Tangere | 189 |
Chapter Eight Michelangelos Noli Me Tangere for Vittoria Colonna and the Changing Status of Women in Renaissance Italy | 223 |
Chapter Nine Woman Why Weepest Thou? Rembrandts 1638 Noli Me Tangere as a Dutch Calvinist Visual Typology | 249 |
Chapter Sixteen Marketing Mary Magdalene in Early Modern Northern European Prints and Paintings | 399 |
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