Thief, the Cross, and the Wheel Pain and the Spectacle of Punishment in Medieval and Renaissance Europe

Name: Thief, the Cross, and the Wheel Pain and the Spectacle of Punishment in Medieval and Renaissance Europe
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ISBN: 9780226520155

ISBN-10: 0226520153

ISBN-13: 9780226520155

Edition: 1999

Authors: Mitchell B. Merback

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Christ's Crucifixion is one of the most recognized images in Western culture, and it has come to stand as a universal symbol of both suffering and salvation. But often overlooked is the fact that ultimately the Crucifixion is a scene of capital punishment. Mitchell Merback reconstructs the religious, legal, and historical context of the Crucifixion and of other images of public torture. The result is a fascinating account of a time when criminal justice and religion were entirely interrelated and punishment was a visual spectacle devoured by a popular audience. Merback compares the images of Christ's Crucifixion with those of the two thieves who met their fate beside Jesus. In paintings by…

Book details

List price: $69.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 7/1/1999
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 280
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.75" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.046
Language: English

Mitchell B. Merback is associate professor of the history of art at Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of The Thief, the Cross and the Wheel: Pain and the Spectacle of Punishment in Medieval and Renaissance Europe and editor of Beyond the Yellow Badge: Anti-Judaism and Antisemitism in Medieval and Early Modern Visual Culture.



Preface


Introduction



'A Shameful Place': The Rise of Calvary



The Two Thieves Crucified: Bodies, Weapons and the Technologies of Pain



The Broken Body as Spectacle



Pain and Spectacle: Rituals of Punishment in Late Medieval Europe



The Wheel: Symbol, Image, Screen



The Cross and the Wheel



Dysmas and Gestas: Model and Anti-model



Image and Spectacle in the Era of Art


Epilogue


References


Select Bibliography


Photographic


Acknowledgments


Index