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The pursuit of truth and the Doubting Thomas in the art of early modern Italy
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The pursuit of truth and the Doubting Thomas in the art of early modern Italy
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Thomas, Apostle, Saint, 1st cent.--Art
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Art History
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Art--Italy--History
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Christian saints in art
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This dissertation is an examination of the development of the imagery and meaning of the Doubting Thomas, which I argue became a visual paradigm of religious doubt and skepticism, empirical truth seeking, and justice during the Renaissance and Baroque periods (c. 1350-1615). Catalyzed first by Renaissance humanism, and later by the Protestant Reformation, skepticism colored the scientific, intellectual, artistic, and spiritual beliefs of this period and in many ways provided the basis for modern reasoning and the Enlightenment. By assessing the contextual circumstances of commissions like that of Andrea del Verrocchio's bronze Doubting Thomas, and Caravaggio's luminous painting of the same subject, this dissertation explores the connection between imagery and the issue of doubt in early modern Italy.
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by Erin Benay
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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