Caravaggio
An introduction to the work of Caravaggio.
Timothy Wilson-Smith
- One of a series of introductory books on the great masters and movements in art
- This volume on Caravaggio contains an extensive essay, 48 full-page colour plates, and is accompanied by extensive notes and comparative illustrations
- Provides incomparable value
- Highly regarded for its insight and authority
Paperback
225 x 305 mm, 8 7/8 x 12 in
128 pp
50 colour illustrations
36 black and white illustrations
ISBN 9780714834856
0714834858
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610) was a boldly original artist who led a short and violent life. His sexually provocative nude figures and his dramatic religious paintings have a psychological power and an undiminished capacity to shock and disturb after almost four centuries.
Timothy Wilson-Smith provides a lively and readable biography of an artist who has become an iconic figure in the late twentieth century, and presents a memorable selection of his works, from his early genre pictures to the dark and intense religious paintings of his years in exile.
'Ideal introductions for students and museum-goers.' (Independent)