Saints and Sinners: Caravaggio and the Baroque Image

Saints and Sinners: Caravaggio and the Baroque Image by Mormando, Franco. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781892850003.

This exhibition at Boston Colleges McMullen Museum of Art (February-May 1999) takes an interdisciplinary approach to studying the style, subject matter, and functions of religious art in Italy between 1580-1680. The conceptual centerpiece of the exhibition is Caravaggios recently rediscovered The Taking of Christ. The catalogue reproduces in color all of the paintings in the exhibition and includes a collection of essays that analyze how some of the periods most important artistic, religious, and social concerns are encapsulated within the various images. Contributors include Franco Mormando (Exhibition Organizer and Catalogue Editor), Gauvin Bailey, Noel Barber, Sergio Benedetti, Pamela Jones, John W. OMalley, John Varriano, Josephine von Henneberg, and Thomas Worcester.