Moving Pictures: The Temptation of Saint Anthony by Joos van Craesbeeck
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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- Wed 31 Jan 201811:32GMTBBC World Service except News Internet
- Wed 31 Jan 201821:32GMTBBC World Service East and Southern Africa & West and Central Africa only
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- Thu 1 Feb 201802:32GMTBBC World Service except News Internet
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