Is there a Bible "according to Caravaggio"? Indeed, when the entire oeuvre of the artist is taken into consideration, one discovers a worldly, profoundly human meaning of the Holy Scripture in general and of the Gospel in particular.[...]
Caravaggio - A genius beyond his time Notorious bad boy of Italian Baroque painting, Caravaggio (1571-1610) is finally getting the recognition he deserves. Though his name may be familiar to all of us, his work has been habitually detested and forced into obscurity. Not only was his theatrical reali[...]
Caravaggio, or more accurately Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (Milan 1571 - Porto Ercole 1610), was a legend even in his own lifetime. Celebrated by some for his naturalism and his revolutionary pictorial inventions, he was considered by others to have destroyed painting. Few other artists have a[...]
Notorious bad boy of Italian Baroque painting, Caravaggio (1571-1610) is finally getting the recognition he deserves. Though his name may be familiar to all of us, his work has been habitually detested and forced into obscurity. Not only was his theatrical realism unfashionable in his time, but his [...]
Caravaggio 2014About the Series: TASCHEN's Wall Calendars feature 12 big and beautiful reproductions, an elegant layout for the days of the month, and all official holidays for your country.[...]
A revolution in painting: The mysterious genius who transformed European art Caravaggio, or more accurately Michelangelo Merisi daCaravaggio(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 tempe[...]
Notorious bad boy of Italian Baroque painting, Caravaggio (1571-1610) is finally getting the recognition he deserves. Though his name may be familiar to all of us, his work had been habitually detested and forced into obscurity. Not only was his theatrical realism unfashionable in his time, but his [...]
A Revolution in Painting The mysterious genius who transformed European art 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 temp[...]
Focuses on the work of Italian artist Caravaggio (1571-1610) whose innovative use of the chiaroscuro technique and emotional realism - along with his notorious antics outside the studio - made him a household name among collectors during his lifetime. This title gives an introduction to the life and[...]
"Without Caravaggio, Ribera, Vermeer, La Tour and Rembrandt could never have existed ... and the art of Delacroix, Courbet and Manet would have been utterly different." --Roberto LonghiDramatic shifts from foreboding dark to probing light, with minimal gradation in between; a realism that exposes al[...]
Four hundred years after his death Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio and his art has become enshrined in modern popular culture as well as humanities research. This richly illustrated anthology focuses on the revised image of Merisi with interdisciplinary studies and new theoretical approach.
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I en flätad bordskorg ligger skämda frukter bland mogna friska fikon, en persika och ett päron. En enkel fruktkorg är det enda motivet i en av konsthistoriens mest berömda målningar, Fruktkorgen av Michelangelo Merisi (1571?1610), kallad Caravaggio efter staden han växte upp i nära Bergamo i[...]
"Understanding Caravaggio and his Art in Malta" is a guidebook about the artists stay in Malta in early 17th century. Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio's art single-handedly revolutionalized artistic concepts and ideas. His artistic career and turbulent life were over before he reached 40 years of a[...]
The title Caravaggio to Mattia Preti aptly provides the parameters that span seventeenth century baroque painting in Malta. Caravaggio's move to Malta in 1607 opened this magnificent chapter in Maltese art, to which the island responded with extraordinary artistic foresight. Malta offered Caravagg[...]