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Caravaggio
The Complete Works
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Caravaggio is ideal for enthusiasts of Renaissance art and culture, art historians, and readers fascinated by the life of iconic and controversial artists. It will particularly appeal to those interested in detailed visual studies and the dramatic narratives behind artistic masterpieces.
The notorious bad boy of Italian painting is now considered one of the greatest masters of all in art history. This comprehensive catalogue raisonné reproduces all of Caravaggio's paintings as well as a number of dramatic details of his boundary-breaking realism. Five chapters assess Caravaggio's artistic achievements while a detailed chronology traces his dramatic personal life.
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Caravaggio, or more accurately Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610), was a legend even in his own lifetime. 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 œuvre with a catalogue raisonné 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 analyse Caravaggio's artistic career from his early struggle to make a living, through his first public commissions in Rome, and his growing celebrity status. They look at his increasing daring with lighting and with a boundary-breaking naturalism which allowed even biblical events to unfold with an unprecedented immediacy before the viewer.
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The book provides such vivid reproductions that readers can almost smell the oil paint, making each page a sensory delight (NDR Kultur). Celebrated as an artwork in its own right, it is perfect for fans of the Italian Renaissance (Die Welt). The excellent reproductions reveal breathtaking details, capturing Caravaggio's subtle emotional expressions (The Royal Academy Magazine). The comprehensive study combines state-of-the-art photography with insightful analysis of Caravaggio's dramatic life and career (The Lady).
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ISBN: 9783836555814
Publisher: Taschen GmbH
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 19 June 2015
Country: Germany
Imprint: Taschen GmbH
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 42.0mm
Width: 250.0mm
Height: 340.0mm
Weight: 3194g
Pages: 306
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About the Author
Sebastian Schütze 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 member of the Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. From 2003 to 2009 he held the Bader Chair in Southern Baroque Art at Queen’s University in Kingston. In 2009 he was appointed professor of early modern art history at Vienna University.
Also by Sebastian Schütze
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