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Caravaggio: Complete Works
Sebastian Schutze
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Description for Caravaggio: Complete Works
Hardcover. Num Pages: 306 pages. BIC Classification: AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 296 x 394 x 43. Weight in Grams: 4244.
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. This work offers a comprehensive reassessment of Caravaggio's entire uvre with a catalogue raisonne of his works. Each painting is reproduced in large format, 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 ... Read more
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. This work offers a comprehensive reassessment of Caravaggio's entire uvre with a catalogue raisonne of his works. Each painting is reproduced in large format, 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
TASCHEN GmbH
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
306
Place of Publication
Cologne, Germany
ISBN
9783836555814
SKU
V9783836555814
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About Sebastian Schutze
Sebastian Sch tze was a longtime research fellow at the Bibliotheca Hertziana (Max Planck Institute for Art History) in Rome. He is a member of the academic board of the Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici in Naples, and a corresponding member of the sterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. From 2003 to 2009 he held the Bader Chair in Southern ... Read more
Reviews for Caravaggio: Complete Works
...incanta gli occhi per l'altissima qualita delle immagini e, soprattutto, per i tanti close-up sui geniali dettagli di gesti e sguardi che neanche una visione dal vero riuscirebbe a eguagliare. This comprehensive study showcases each painting in state-of-the-art photography, with close-ups of details, like his ability to capture emotion with the subtlest of facial expressions. The text analyses ... Read more