Friday, August 12, 2011

4) The depiction of the martyr-saint in a position that resembles the writhing or twisting of the body that is more pronounced than in a simple contraposto position and may be seen to be as a result of the pain inflicted by the piercing arrows and appears more common the XVIIth Century--e.g., Joachim Wtewael (c. 1600) (See: Figure 69), Guido Reni (1620) (Dulwich) (See: Figure 70), and Juan Frias y Escalante (b. 1670) (See: Figure 71), among others.


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