Caravaggio: The Artist and His Work

by Sybille Ebert-Schifferer

The young Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610) created a major stir in late-sixteenth-century Rome with the groundbreaking naturalism and highly charged emotionalism of his paintings. One might think, given the vast number of books that have been written about him, that everything that could possibly be said about the artist has been said. However, the author of this book argues, it is important to take a fresh look at the often repeated...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1606060953
• ISBN13: 9781606060957
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 10.3" x 12.4"