Losses of Face: Rembrandt, Masaccio, and the Drama of Shame.
Part of a special issue on shame. The writer focuses on two famous paintings by Rembrandt—The Repentant Judas Returning the Thirty Pieces of Silver (1629) and Susanna and the Elders (1636)—and one by Masaccio—Expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden (1425)—in order to examine some of the v...
| Published in: | Social Research Vol. 70; no. 4; pp. 1327 - 1351 |
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New School for Social Research
Winter 2003
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| Summary: | Part of a special issue on shame. The writer focuses on two famous paintings by Rembrandt—The Repentant Judas Returning the Thirty Pieces of Silver (1629) and Susanna and the Elders (1636)—and one by Masaccio—Expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden (1425)—in order to examine some of the visual narratives by which shame is dramatized in paintings. She highlights the ways that shame is articulated as a subject, as well as a response, in the pictorial arts. |
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