Author:
Schütze, Sebastian.
Imprint:Köln : Taschen, 2009.
Description306 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 41 cm.
Note:Images of Caravaggio: historical and historiographical perspectives -- Lombard beginnings, 1571-1592 -- The path to artistic autonomy, 1592-1599 --The large religious works in Rome, 1599-1606 -- The late oeuvre in Southern Italy: Naples-Malta-Sicily, 1606-1610 -- Epilogue: reflections and refractions -- Catalogue of paintings.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note:This title offers a comprehensive examination of the whole of Caravaggio's ouvre with a catalogue raisone of his works. Five introductory chapters analyse his artistic career from his training in Lombard Milan and his triumphal rise in papal Rome up to his dramatic final years in Naples, Malta and Sicily.
