The Theatrical Baroque

January 9 – April 22, 2001

This exhibition of baroque paintings, sculptures, prints and drawings, taken primarily from the Museum's permanent collection, explored the interaction between the visual arts and the theater of the seventeenth century. The exhibition investigated the incorporation of theatrical devices into visual representation, the role of the baroque audience, and the dynamics of social performance as presented in imagery. Like Pious Journeys: Christian Devotional Art and Practice in the Later Middle Ages and Renaissance, The Theatrical Baroque was one of a series of special projects developed in collaboration among University faculty, students, and the Museum.

Curator: Larry F. Norman, University of Chicago Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures, and Elizabeth Rodini, Smart Museum Mellon Projects Curator.

This exhibition was made possible by a multi-year grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Catalogue available

Presented in the Art Before 1900 Gallery.

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