num_pages: 352
description: Combines a history of Caravaggio criticism through four centuries, with reproductions of many of the great works by the Italian painter of the late sixteenth century and outstanding examples from the oeuvre of the painters he influenced.Catalog of an exhibition held Feb.-April, 1985 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and May-June, 1985 at the Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte. Naples.Contents:Introductory EssaysThe Roman World of Caravaggio: His Admirers and PatronsLuigi SalernoThe Critical Fortune of a Realist PainterRichard E. SpearCaravaggio TodayMina GregoriCaravaggio's Precursors in North ItalyCaravaggio's Contemporaries in Rome and NaplesCaravaggioBibliography and Photograph Credits
language: English
title: The Age of Caravaggio
publisher: Rizzoli