Caravaggio. The Complete Works

by Sebastian Schütze

Overview

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. Today, he is considered one of the greatest influences in all art history.

This Bibliotheca Universalis edition offers a neat and comprehensive Caravaggio catalogue raisonné. Each of his paintings is reproduced from recent top-quality photography, allowing for a vivid encounter with the artist’s ingenious repertoire of looks and gestures, as well as numerous detail shots of his boundary-breaking naturalism. Five accompanying chapters trace the complete arc of Caravaggio’s career from his first public commissions in Rome through to his growing celebrity status and trace his tempestuous personal life, in which drama loomed as prominently as in his canvases.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783836562867
Publisher:	Taschen America, LLC
Publication date:	03/06/2017
Series:	Bibliotheca Universalis
Pages:	524
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 7.68(h) x (d)

About the Author

Sebastian Schütze was a longtime research fellow at the Bibliotheca Hertziana (Max Planck Institute for Art History) in Rome. He is a member of the academic board of the Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici in Naples, and a member of the Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. From 2003 to 2009 he held the Bader Chair in Southern Baroque Art at Queen’s University in Kingston. In 2009 he was appointed professor of early modern art history at Vienna University.

Editorial Reviews

This book is an artwork unto itself—perfect for Italian Renaissance aficionados.

Die Welt

This comprehensive study showcases each painting in state-of-the-art photography, with close-ups of details, like his ability to capture emotion with the subtlest of facial expressions. The text analyses his career and his riotous life: a rag-to-riches story every bit as dramatic as Caravaggio’s art.

The Lady

The reproductions are excellent, the details often breathtakingly vivid..."

The Royal Academy Magazine

The pictures come across as so real that leafing through this book, the reader almost smells the oil paint. Every page is a pleasure for the senses.

NDR Kultur

A catalogue with first-class, full-size colour reproductions of all of Caravaggio’s principal paintings.

Royal Academy Magazine

This comprehensive study showcases each painting in state-of-the-art photography, with close-ups of details, like his ability to capture emotion with the subtlest of facial expressions. The text analyses his career and his riotous life: a rag-to-riches story every bit as dramatic as Caravaggio’s art.

London The Lady

A catalogue with first-class, full-size colour reproductions of all of Caravaggio’s principal paintings.

London Royal Academy Magazine