Agostino Carracci's Wit in Two Lascivious Prints

• Autores: Patricia Simons
• Localización: Studies in iconography, ISSN 0148-1029, Nº. 30, 2009, págs. 198-221
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • A consideration of two large prints by Agostino Carracci that are sometimes, but not always, grouped with the Lascivie series that he produced in the 1580s. Unlike the other entries in the series, these prints—The Satyr Mason and Ogni cosa vince l'oro—imply a contemporaneity with late 16th-century viewers, despite their inclusion of satyr and cupid figures. These larger prints are especially distinguished by their reliance on texts such as carnival songs and popular sayings, and it is through an examination of the history of these textual elements that the humor and allusions of the prints become clear. Working on the vernacular, obscene, and mildly “disguised” level, these large, lascivious prints present a wry comment on the issue of what can be rendered visible and what remains hidden in erotica.