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Description for Caravaggio
Hardcover. Notorious bad boy of Italian Baroque painting, Caravaggio (1571-1610) is finally getting the recognition he deserves. In this book you'll find over 50 of Caravaggio's best paintings; we think you'll agree that he was a genius beyond his time. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; 3JD; ACQB; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 269 x 219 x 14. Weight in Grams: 586.
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610) was always a name to be reckoned with. Notorious bad boy of the Italian Baroque, the artist was at once celebrated and controversial, violent in temper, precise in technique, a creative master, and a man on the run. Though famed for his dramatic use of color, light, and shadow, it was above all Caravaggio's boundary-breaking naturalism which scorched his name into the annals of art history. From the dirtied soles of feet to the sexualized languor of bare flesh, the artist allowed even sacred and biblical scenes to unfold with a startling, ... Read more
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610) was always a name to be reckoned with. Notorious bad boy of the Italian Baroque, the artist was at once celebrated and controversial, violent in temper, precise in technique, a creative master, and a man on the run. Though famed for his dramatic use of color, light, and shadow, it was above all Caravaggio's boundary-breaking naturalism which scorched his name into the annals of art history. From the dirtied soles of feet to the sexualized languor of bare flesh, the artist allowed even sacred and biblical scenes to unfold with a startling, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Taschen
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Cologne, Germany
ISBN
9783836559935
SKU
V9783836559935
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Ref
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About Gilles Neret
Gilles Lambert was born in Paris in 1928. In love with Italy, he spent his whole life between the capitals Paris and Rome and translated a number of works on the Seicento from the Italian. With Andre Labarthe, he founded the journal Constellation in the 1950s, and subsequently worked for the Figaro Litteraire and Paris Match. He has written monographs ... Read more
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