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Caravaggio. The Complete Works. 40th Ed.

Sebastian Schütze author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taschen GmbH

Published:29th Jul '21

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Caravaggio. The Complete Works. 40th Ed. cover

Caravaggio, or more accurately Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610), was a legend even in his own lifetime. Notorious bad boy of Italian painting, the artist was at once celebrated and controversial: Violent in temper, precise in technique, a creative master, and a man on the run.

This edition offers a comprehensive reassessment of Caravaggio’s entire œuvre with a catalogue raisonné of his works. Each painting is reproduced with recent, high production photography allowing for dramatic close-ups with Caravaggio's ingenious details of looks and gestures.

Five introductory chapters analyze Caravaggio's artistic career from his early struggle to make a living, through his first public commissions in Rome, and his growing celebrity status. They look at his increasing daring with lighting and with a boundary-breaking naturalism which allowed even biblical events to unfold with an unprecedented immediacy before the viewer.

“The pictures come across as so real that leafing through this book, the reader almost smells the oil paint. Every page is a pleasure for the senses.” * NDR Kultur *
“This book is an artwork unto itself—perfect for Italian Renaissance aficionados.” * Die Welt *
“The reproductions are excellent, the details often breathtakingly vivid..." * The Royal Academy Magazine *

ISBN: 9783836587969

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 1110g

512 pages