"Much more than a simple reportage, the originality of Zucconi's approach lies in his nuanced exploration of how they have been involved metaphorically, as the aesthetic qualities that define the works of the Baroque master have been effectively remediated; or, as he argues in the book's introduction and explores through a series of comparative case studies in the following six chapters, are in the process of being displaced in the crisis' surrounding visual culture." (Matthew D'Ambrosio Griffith, Harvard University) "Zucconi proposes a theoretical standpoint through which a specific iconological use of Caravaggio, from art criticism to visual literacy, may help to analyze the current mediasphere of suffering and, therefore, those media images that inform our perception of traumatic events. By embracing "the notion of displacing as a theoretical and methodological paradigm for the humanities," the author wisely points out one of the central themes in politics nowadays" (Gianluca Pulsoni for Flash Art)' "Connecting the current humanitarian crisis with the art of a baroque old master is a bold endeavour. It not only gives the museum pieces relevance for the outside world, but also shows the iconographic tools media use in their visual rhetoric. This shakes up both our complacency that relegates art to elitist enjoyment and our repetition-induced indifference to people dying, starving, and being displaced in front of our eyes. Zucconi makes art relevant again, and beauty socially useful." (Mieke Bal, Amsterdam School of Cultural Analysis, The Netherlands).