{"product_id":"i-carravagio-by-eugenio-volpe-9781955904759","title":"I, Carravagio","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe famous bisexual libertine who would be more at home on Tinder than at a Roman Cathedral, gallivants through the streets like brush strokes to become a Baroque 16th century icon.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe year is 1604 and Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio is a superstar, his blockbuster paintings packing the pews of Rome. Caravaggio should be revelling in prosperity, but the artistic trailblazer and nefarious street-brawler is his own worst enemy. While the genius paints masterpieces, the ruffian in him can't stay out of jail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCaravaggio is a man at existential odds with himself until falling in love with Lena Antognetti, the prostitute modelling his newest Virgin pictures. Caravaggio paints Lena into a life of wealth and celebrity, but the power couple's provocative fame earns them a horde of resentful and jealous enemies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eI, Caravaggio\u003c\/em\u003e dramatizes the superstar's psychological unravelling under the sexual and political pressures of the Catholic Reformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47606105866476,"sku":"9781955904759","price":44.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9df910bdf851f83742d3a921497c3b5f.jpg?v=1778193380","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/i-carravagio-by-eugenio-volpe-9781955904759","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}