Caravaggio
By: Patrick Hunt.
Series: Life & times; Life & times (London, England)
Publisher: Haus Pub.; Haus Publishers Ltd.
Published: 2004
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 164
Subjects: Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da, -- 1573-1610; Painters -- Italy -- Biography; Painting, Italian
Genres: Biography.
Description: "Caravaggio (1571-1610) was the most revolutionary artist of the Italian Baroque. Consistently emphasising the humanity of his religious subjects, he established a new canon. The intensity and drama of his chiaroscuro style is matched only by his life. Outlaw, heretic, murderer and sensualist are a few of the charges brought against him by his contemporaries. Given the paucity of verifiable biographical documents, Caravaggio the man remains mysterious and elusive to his modern admirers. Book jacket."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 152-154) and index.