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CARAVAGGIO'S EYE
Clovis Whitfield
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Description for CARAVAGGIO'S EYE
Hardcover. Num Pages: 264 pages, 150 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACQB; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 256 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1964.
This book concentrates on a few crucial years of Caravaggio’s development, in order to cast light on what made the artist such a revolutionary figure. It argues that this revolution was one of technique rather than style, and involved the sophisticated use of a camera obscura and so-called 'burning' or parabolic mirrors, exploiting new advances in glassmaking and optics. Because the results Caravaggio obtained by his new methods were so different he created a sensation, although these innovations were rapidly assimilated and the artistic establishment worked successfully to restore their way of doing things, so that the true novelty of ... Read more
This book concentrates on a few crucial years of Caravaggio’s development, in order to cast light on what made the artist such a revolutionary figure. It argues that this revolution was one of technique rather than style, and involved the sophisticated use of a camera obscura and so-called 'burning' or parabolic mirrors, exploiting new advances in glassmaking and optics. Because the results Caravaggio obtained by his new methods were so different he created a sensation, although these innovations were rapidly assimilated and the artistic establishment worked successfully to restore their way of doing things, so that the true novelty of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Paul Holberton Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781907372100
SKU
V9781907372100
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99-15
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