Reimaging the Magdalene : Feminism, art, and the counter-reformation / Siobhán Jolley.

Cover
Contents
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1 Liberating the Magdalene
The Paradigm of Patriarchy and Mythologization
Liberating Reception Criticism
A Case Study in Reimaging
Part I The Endurance of Myth and Narrative
Chapter 2 Mythologizing the Magdalene
Sources of Knowledge
Sources of Mythologization
Engaging Written Texts in Artistic Reception
Chapter 3 Painting the Magdalene
Motifs
Penitent Magdalenes
Mourning Magdalenes
Resurrection Magdalenes
Othered Magdalenes
Imaging the Magdalene

Part II The Power of Art and Image
Chapter 4 Decentring 'Decency'
Artemisia Gentileschi
Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy
Rereading
Reimaging
Reimaged
Chapter 5 Confronting Trauma
El Greco
El Espolio, or the Disrobing of Christ
Rereading
Reimaging
Reimaged
Chapter 6 Apostola Ecclesiae
Federico Barocci
Christ Appears to St Mary Magdalene
Rereading
Reimaging
Reimaged
Chapter 7 The Magdalene from the Margins
Caravaggio
The Conversion of Mary Magdalen
Rereading
Reimaging
Reimaged
Conclusion
The Reimaged Magdalene
Bibliography
Primary Sources
Secondary Sources
Index