Caravaggio The Complete Works 40th Ed
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Caravaggio or more accurately Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio 1571 1610 was always a name to be reckoned with 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 Today he is considered one of the greatest influences in all art history This edition offers a neat and comprehensive Caravaggio catalogue raisonné Each of his paintings is reproduced from recent top quality photography allowing for a vivid encounter with the artist s ingenious repertoire of looks and gestures as well as numerous detail shots of his boundary breaking naturalism Five accompanying chapters trace the complete arc of Caravaggio s career from his first public commissions in Rome through to his growing celebrity status and trace his tempestuous personal life in which drama loomed as prominently as in his canvases
