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Emotion and the Seduction of the Senses, Baroque to Neo-Baroque examines the relationship between the cultural productions of the baroque in the seventeenth century and the neo-baroque in our contemporary world. It asks the question: "Is the baroque a recurring phenomenon that has returned in aspects of contemporary global culture, or is it something specific to the early modern period?" It argues one of the common and central features of both styles is their appeal to emotion. This volume illuminates how, rather than providing rationally ordered visual realms, both the baroque and the neo-baroque construct complex performative spaces whose spectacle seeks to embrace, immerse, and seduce the senses and solicit the emotions of the beholder.
Publication Date
7-31-2018
Publisher
Medieval Institute Publications
Imprint
Medieval Institute Publications
City
Kalamazoo
ISBN
9781580442725
Keywords
Baroque, neo-baroque, objects and materiality, emotion, seventeenth century, senses, history of art and architecture, theatricality, baroque body, baroque historiography, religion
Disciplines
Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque Art and Architecture
Citation for Published Book
Beaven, Lisa and Angela Ndilianis, eds. Emotion and the Seduction of the Senses, Baroque to Neo-Baroque. Kalamazoo, MI: Medieval Institute Publications, 2018.