Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571 - 1610) was always a name to be reckoned with. Notorious bad boy of the Italian Baroque, the artist was at once celebrated and controversial, violent in temper, precise in technique, a creative master, and a man on the run. Though famed for his dramatic use of color, light, and shadow, it was above all Caravaggio's boundary-breaking naturalism which scorched his name into the annals of art history. From the dirtied soles of feet to the sexualized languor of bare flesh, the artist allowed even sacred and biblical scenes to unfold with a startling, often visceral humanity. This ... |
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Caravaggio, or more accurately Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571 - 1610), was always a name to be reckoned with. Notorious bad boy of Italian painting, the artist was at once celebrated and controversial: Violent in temper, precise in technique, a creative master, and a man on the run. This work offers a comprehensive reassessment of Caravaggio's entire oeuvre with a catalogue raisonné of his works. Each painting is reproduced in large format, with recent, high production photography allowing for dramatic close-ups with Caravaggio's ingenious details of looks and gestures. Five introductory chapters ... |
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Гениален и скандален, Микеланджело да Караваджо е един от най-забележителните италиански художници. Когато не участва в гуляи и сбивания или не е преследван заради смъртна присъда от папата, той създава оригинални творби, различни от тези на всички преди него. Изпълнените му с драматизъм картини го превръщат не само в най-прочутия художник в Рим в зората на XVII век, но и в основоположник на бароковата живопис. Влиянието му отеква векове след неговата преждевременна смърт. Романът на норвежкия писател Атле Нес се фокусира точно върху най-бурните моменти от живота на Караваджо. Той скандализира с натуралистичните си ... |