Book cover of 'Caravaggio: The Complete Works' by Taschen with a portrait of a woman on the cover.
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Caravaggio. The Complete Works Hardcover by Sebastian Schutze

$100.00

Caravaggio, or more accurately Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610), was a legend even in his own lifetime. 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 œuvre 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 analyze Caravaggio's artistic career from his early struggle to make a living, through his first public commissions in Rome, and his growing celebrity status. They look at his increasing daring with lighting and with a boundary-breaking naturalism, which allowed even biblical events to unfold with an unprecedented immediacy before the viewer.

13.39 x 9.84 x 1.38 inches

306 pages