Professor David M. Stone

| Department of the History of Art, University of Delaware

Caravaggio: Methods and Mystifications
Wednesday, 6:00-9:00 pm (Spring 2008)

Critical readings of recent Caravaggio scholarship. Topics include: the polemic of Caravaggio "theologian" versus Caravaggio "naturalista"; self-fashioning/self-portraiture; "Caravaggio refusé"; document mania; techniques and condition; new attributions and autograph replicas; the late period in context (Naples, Malta, Sicily); Caravaggio in popular culture.

Schedule of Meetings and Assigned Readings