Love in the Mirror: A Comparative Reading of Titian's Woman at Her Toilet and Caravaggio's Conversion of Mary Magdalene

• Autores: Lorenzo Pericolo
• Localización: I Tatti studies: essays in the Renaissance, ISSN 0393-5949, Nº. 12, 2009, págs. 149-179
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The author compares the paintings "Conversion of Mary Magdalene" by Caravaggio to "Woman at Her Toilet" by Titian. The author highlights the influence of Titian's painting on Caravaggio, who elaborated on "Woman at Her Toilet" with figural patterns and visual conceits, turning the work into a piece of religious art. Similarities between Titian's woman and Caravaggio's Mary Magdalene are discussed, as are the symbolism and composition of the paintings and sonnets by Italian poets.