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Book SynopsisGrotesque 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 Vinci’s 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 production—drawings, prints, paintings, and sculpture—reveals 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.
Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgements Lucia 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 Sandra Cheng 1 Leonardo da Vinci’s Drawings of Busts of Old Men and Women with Monstruous Faces: Satire as Moral Criticism Michael W. Kwakkelstein 2 Lomazzo’s Grotesque Heads Revisited Lucia Tantardini 3 Sebastiano del Piombo’s Caricatural Gesture and the Path to Idealism Matthias Wivel 4 Burlesque Irreverences: Domenico Campagnola and Ruzante in the Corte Cornaro Christophe Brouard 5 Carracci’s Ritrattini Carichi and the ‘Origins’ of Caricature Mary Vaccaro 6 Guercino’s Grotesque Heads and Caricatures Nicholas Turner 7 Deformation as Revelation: A Monstrous Portrait by Bartolomeo Passerotti Ilaria Bernocchi 8 Heavenly Bodies III: Bernini’s Caricatures and Copies Tod Marder 9 Rudolf Wittkower, Bernini’s Caricatures (1931) Translator Susan Klaiber 10 Jusepe de Ribera and the Grotesque: Between Science and Comedy Carlo Avilio Bibliography
