{"title":"Gilles Lambert","description":"\u003cp\u003eGilles Lambert explores the rich tapestry of arts and culture with a keen eye for detail and historical context. His works, such as on Caravaggio, delve into the lives and legacies of influential artists, offering readers a blend of scholarly insight and engaging narrative.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect thoughtful examinations of artistic movements and cultural phenomena, framed with a passion for visual storytelling. Lambert’s books invite an appreciation of art’s enduring impact on society and its vibrant history.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"caravaggio-by-gilles-lambert-9783836559935","title":"Caravaggio","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610)\u003c\/strong\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThough famed for his dramatic use of colour, light, and shadow, it was above all Caravaggio's \u003cstrong\u003eboundary-breaking naturalism\u003c\/strong\u003e which scorched his name into the annals of art history. From the dirtied soles of feet to the sexualised languor of bare flesh, the artist allowed even sacred and biblical scenes to unfold with \u003cstrong\u003ea startling, often visceral humanity\u003c\/strong\u003e. This vivid pictorial world was accompanied by an equally intense personal biography, scored by gambling, debts, drunken brawls, and even a murder charge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCaravaggio\u003c\/em\u003e brings together \u003cstrong\u003emore than 50 of Caravaggio's most famous and revolutionary works\u003c\/strong\u003e to explore how and why this artist is now considered \u003cstrong\u003ethe most important painter of the early Baroque period\u003c\/strong\u003e and one of the \u003cstrong\u003edefining influences of art history\u003c\/strong\u003e, without whom Ribera, Vermeer, Rembrandt, Delacroix, Courbet, and Manet could never have painted the way they did.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47595931795692,"sku":"9783836559935","price":53.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9783836559935-caravaggio.jpg?v=1777910999"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/gilles-lambert.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}