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The Documentary: Moving Pictures: Moving Pictures: The Temptation of Saint Anthony by Joos van Craesbeeck

Teh Tempatation of Saint Anthony by Joos van Craesbeeck

31/01/2018 GMT

Moving Pictures: The Temptation of Saint Anthony by Joos van Craesbeeck

Moving Pictures

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The dark, demonic landscape of a 17th Century masterpiece The Temptation of St Anthony

Explore Craesbeeck’s strange critters in the context of the early modern fascination with curiosity cabinets, monsters – and the devil.

Episode three explores the dark, demonic landscape of a 17th Century Flemish masterpiece - The Temptation of Saint Anthony - by Joos van Craesbeeck (Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe). A giant screaming head dominates the painting; from its mouth pour tiny devils and the forehead has been peeled back to reveal a miniature artist working inside the brain. Cathy FitzGerald takes a closer look at Craesbeeck’s strange critters in the context of the early modern fascination with curiosity cabinets, monsters – and the devil.

(Photo: Joos van Craesbeeck, The Temptation of Saint Anthony © Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe)

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