Talk:The Entombment of Christ (Caravaggio)

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Original Research[edit]

It seems to read like a school paper and I wonder if there is a copyright violation here as well. --Rajah 03:15, 13 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This passage is especially troubling:

"My sense is that Caravaggio has restrained the shrillness of the mourners; the faith here is brusque, and populated not by idealized persons, but by men who could have been plucked from Roman streets. This is not a faith for the exaggerated gesture, but Caravaggio has given us a faith for the heavy of burden, the laborers, one of whom glares at our faithless sloth."

The use of first person reeks of original research. I'd like to see some sort of scholarly article cited, so that we know that at least one art historian agrees with this analysis. --ghamming 17 December, 2006

I urge you to read...[edit]

It may indeed read like a paper but there's no easy way of knowing. I did, however, delete this paragraph, which has no place in the article, however well-intentioned:

(start) I urge you to read "Caravaggio's 'Entombment of Christ' Reconsidered," by a new Caravaggio scholar, Mark R. Dobbins. Mr. Dobbins is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Delaware. This work was an undergraduate thesis, but don't let that deter you. It has been presented at a scholarly conference, and was well-received. The bibliography alone is worth it Copies are available by contacting Mr. Dobbins at mrd4331@yahoo.com, or writing his thesis advisor, Dr. David Levine at Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT, USA.

[I am a collegue of Mark's and simply sharing a well-researched but hard-to-find artcile.] (end) Ryancolm 17:16, 16 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"Eloping"?[edit]

What does "after some eloping" mean? It sounds informal. Can someone please clarify and formalise? Nat 13:07, 13 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Caravaggio's patron dissatisfaction[edit]

"...it is not clear that the highly naturalistic reconstruction of a gospel event in this painting would have been antithetical..."

It seems to me that the lay reader would need more background here about how Caravaggio's paintings were not always pleasing to his patrons.

Anyone want to give this a go?

While we are here, what does "vividly faithfuk" mean?

Nat 13:34, 13 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]