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Caravaggio: The Artist and His Work

Title : Caravaggio: The Artist and His Work
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Rating : 4.59 (570 Votes)
Asin : 1606060953
Format Type : paperback
Number of Pages : 320 Pages
Publish Date : 2014-08-09
Language : English

A perceptive and readable scholarly volume.”The Burlington Magazine  

The Artist wogan This is a big coffee table book that tries to take a fresh look at Caravaggio. Much of the biography is not new, but there is interesting information on his technique, how he painted, his methods and photos of close up details of his works. There is as much text as pictures, however in some places the illustrations are ignored in what is written.The works are basically in chronological order, which is always interesting to see how an artist progresses. Also noteworthy are some works that are placed side by side or on continuous pages that are different paintings by Caravaggio of the same subject, or works by diff. "Definitively Brilliant" according to Charles Scribner. This scrupulous, impeccable, insightful and engaging reappraisal of Caravaggio--arguably the most intriguing and powerfully complex genius in the history of painting--is brilliant in ever way--matched only by the beauty of the book itself and its wonderful reproductions of the paintings. The author has cleared away the cobwebs of rumor, legend, propaganda, and the slick, murky glazes of so many anachronistic art historians; she enables us finally to see the artist for who he was, and to appreciate the genius of his work in a new light, one worthy of Caravaggio's own clear and dazzling chiaroscuro. Bravissima e gr. Good pictures Suzanne Ryan A rigorous, academic perspective, and wonderful colour-plates. Sensuous offerings of the paintings. And it is actually a coffee-table-sized book. But don't let that put you off - all the better to see the pictures.

The young Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610) created a major stir in late-sixteenth-century Rome with the groundbreaking naturalism and highly charged emotionalism of his paintings. Even his brushes with the law conformed to the behavioral norms of the aristocratic Romans he sought to emulate.The beautiful reproductions of Caravaggio’s paintings in this volume make clear why he captivated the imagination of his contemporaries, a reaction that echoes today in the ongoing popularity of his work and the fierce debate that it continues to provoke among art historians. . He enjoyed great respect and earned high fees from his prestigious clients while he also inspired a large circle of imitators. Contrary to repeated claims in the literature, the painter lacked neither education nor piety, but was an extremely accomplished technician who developed a successful marketing strategy. One might think, given the vast number of books that have been written about him, that eve

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