Picturing Punishment

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Structures of Power: Constructing and Publicizing the New Amsterdam Town Hall

Peace and Prosperity
Civic vs. Religious Dominance
Spectacle, Prestige, and Publicity
Public Access and Republican Virtues

2. Procession and Execution Rituals: Moving through the New Amsterdam Town Hall

The Iconography of Justice
Rituals of Justice behind Closed Doors
Public Ceremonies on Execution Day

3. Disposal and Display: The Criminal Corpse on the Gallows

Moving Executed Bodies
Spectacular Displays
Identity Formation at the Gallows
Undignified Decomposition and the Taboo of Touch

4. Subversion and Symbolic Transformation: Recreation, Ambush, and Humour at the Gallows

Ambushed Landscapes
Sexual Innuendo, Leisure, and Acts of Resistance at the Gallows
Grotesque Bodies

5. Serving the Public Good: Reform, Prestige, and the Productive Criminal Body in Amsterdam

Deriving Civic Good
Social Status and the Transformation of Anatomical Practice
Dr. Tulp's Fame and the Criminal's Reform

6. The Transformation of Touch: Flayed Skin and the Visual and Material Afterlife of the Criminal Body in the Leiden Anatomy Theatre

A Curious Attraction
Moralizing Values
Paaw's Vesalian Methods
Interacting with Objects

7. The Symbolism of Skin: Illustrating the Flayed Body

Mythological Precedence
Properties of Paper and Parchment
Tactile Uncovering

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

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• História da medicina
• Crime e criminologia
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criminals; punishment; art history; execution rituals; public spectacles; afterlife; material culture; deviance; early modern; Dutch Republic; Renaissance; history of crime; art and crime; gallows