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Chapter Two - Nakedness and the Lascivious

The Boundaries of Decorum before and after the Council of Trent

from Part I

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 January 2025

Marie-Louise Lillywhite
Marie-Louise Lillywhite
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University of Oxford
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Chapter 2 focuses on the nature of visual decorum both before and after the Council of Trent (1545–63). The shifting parameters of what was deemed appropriate for public display in devotional sites partly explains why certain images were censored, particularly with relation to nudity, yet it was also the case that some artistic creations tested the boundaries of acceptability as never before.

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nuditydecorumMichelangeloSistine Chapel Last JudgmentPietro AretinoTintorettoGiovanni MartinoPietro LombardoEl GrecoGiovanni Battista Ponchini
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Reforming Art in Renaissance Venice , pp. 79 - 134
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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