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Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane

By Andrew Graham-Dixon

Release : 2011-11-10

Genre : Biographies & Memoirs, Books, History, European History, Arts & Entertainment, Art History, Art & Architecture

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A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice and a Washington Post Notable Book of the Year

"This book resees its subject with rare clarity and power as a painter for the 21st century." —Hilary Spurling, New York Times Book Review

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610) lived the darkest and most dangerous life of any of the great painters. This commanding biography explores Caravaggio’s staggering artistic achievements, his volatile personal trajectory, and his tragic and mysterious death at age thirty-eight. Featuring more than eighty full-color reproductions of the artist’s best paintings, Caravaggio is a masterful profile of the mercurial painter.

Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane

By Andrew Graham-Dixon

Release : 2011-11-10

Genre : Biographies & Memoirs, Books, History, European History, Arts & Entertainment, Art History, Art & Architecture

Kind : ebook

4 (0 ratings)
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice and a Washington Post Notable Book of the Year

"This book resees its subject with rare clarity and power as a painter for the 21st century." —Hilary Spurling, New York Times Book Review

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610) lived the darkest and most dangerous life of any of the great painters. This commanding biography explores Caravaggio’s staggering artistic achievements, his volatile personal trajectory, and his tragic and mysterious death at age thirty-eight. Featuring more than eighty full-color reproductions of the artist’s best paintings, Caravaggio is a masterful profile of the mercurial painter.

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