Caravaggio's Pitiful Relics

By Todd P. Olson

This thought-provoking volume explores how Caravaggio's interest in materiality conflicted with the Catholic Church's ideas about the sanctity of relics, resulting in controversies surrounding his paintings in early-17th-century Rome.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300190131
• ISBN13: 9780300190137
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 3.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.3" x 11.2"