Caravaggio. The Complete Works.
Silvana Editoriale| N° d'inventaire | 23373 |
| Format | 25 x 29 |
| Détails | 215 p. |
| Publication | Milan, 2010 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9788836617227 |
The painting of Michelangelo Merisi, known as Caravaggio (Milan, 1571 - Porto Ercole, 1610), had such a wide resonance that it determined, according to the judgment of modern critics, a true "revolutionary turning point" in Italian and European artistic culture. This book retraces the artist's life amidst lights and shadows, astonishment and scandal, proposing the works that critics unanimously recognize as autographs based on documentary discoveries made in recent years. It analyzes his capacity for innovation in painting, between creativity and technique, and offers an exceptionally vivid and real portrait of the "man" Caravaggio, an evocation of the journey that led the artist from Lombardy to Rome, to his dramatic flight to Naples, Malta and Sicily, and then back to Naples before his tragic death.
The painting of Michelangelo Merisi, known as Caravaggio (Milan, 1571 - Porto Ercole, 1610), had such a wide resonance that it determined, according to the judgment of modern critics, a true "revolutionary turning point" in Italian and European artistic culture. This book retraces the artist's life amidst lights and shadows, astonishment and scandal, proposing the works that critics unanimously recognize as autographs based on documentary discoveries made in recent years. It analyzes his capacity for innovation in painting, between creativity and technique, and offers an exceptionally vivid and real portrait of the "man" Caravaggio, an evocation of the journey that led the artist from Lombardy to Rome, to his dramatic flight to Naples, Malta and Sicily, and then back to Naples before his tragic death.