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M: The Caravaggio Enigma

Peter Robb author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:18th Jul '11

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M: The Caravaggio Enigma cover

The controversial, ground-breaking biography of Caravaggio

'A great read; it grabs, it kicks, it lives ... Feel the force of Caravaggio's cutting edge' Guardian

‘Written in a vehemently passionate and colloquial style ... it is full of energy'Telegraph

M is the name of an enigma. In his short and violent life, Michaelangelo Merisi, from Caravaggio, changed art for ever. In the process he laid bare his own sexual longing and the brutal realities of his life with shocking frankness.

Like no painter before him and few since, M the man appears in his art. As a book about art and life and how they connect, there has never been anything quite like it.

'A great read; it grabs, it kicks, it lives...Feel the force of Caravaggio's cutting edge' * Guardian *
‘Written in a vehemently passionate and colloquial style, M is an abrasive, flawed, idiosyncratic book, but it is full of energy' * Daily Telegraph *
'A grand passion ... Wonderful art criticism' * Allison Pearson *
'A terrific book, a fantastically easy read' * Tony Parsons *

ISBN: 9781408819890

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 35mm

Weight: 502g

592 pages