Crime and Art: From Christ’s Crucifixion to the Attack Against the World Trade Center
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https://doi.org/10.17851/2317-2096.23.1.85-95Keywords:
crime in literature and in the other arts, crime and ideology, crime and performance artAbstract
The essay discusses crime as a recurring theme in Western art, from its beginnings to postmodern times. Starting with The Iliad, or, in Christian iconography, with the countless representations of Christ’s crucifixion, artistic creations, in literature and in the other arts, repeatedly focus on violent and criminal acts, often associated with biblical, mythological or historical references. The text contemplates the ideological motivations underlying such cultural products, as well as the “banality of evil” illustrated by certain acts presented as “art” in postmodern times.
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