Hello everyone. The reading for Oct. 1 (available at the SOTA office) is:
Barry Wind, "'Great wonders of nature': Ribera and deformity," A Foul and Pestilent Congregation; Images of 'Freaks' in Baroque Art, (Aldershot, 1998), pp. 49-65.
As you read the text please consider the following questions:
1. The meaning or intention of the heads etched by Ribera is unclear. What does Barry Wind suggest?
2. What does he say with resect to the meaning of Ribera's portrait of Magdalena Ventura and his Clubfooted Boy?
3. What are the strengths and weaknesses of Wind's argument?
We will be addressing some questions with respect to previous reading (Daston and Park) so be prepared to consider both readings for the next class.
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