A Farce and a Mockery

3rdofmay: The art: Caravaggio, The Flagellation of Christ, 1607. The news: “The Torture Memos, Ten Years Later,” by Andrew Cohen for TheAtlantic.com. The source: Collection of the Museo di Capodimonte, Naples.  Nota bene: Representations of torture in art go way, way back — and have remained an interest of artists ever since.

3rdofmay:

The art: Caravaggio, The Flagellation of Christ, 1607.

The news: “The Torture Memos, Ten Years Later,” by Andrew Cohen for TheAtlantic.com.

The source: Collection of the Museo di Capodimonte, Naples. 

Nota bene: Representations of torture in art go way, way back — and have remained an interest of artists ever since.

(via theatlantic)

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