Caravaggio. The Complete Works
Sublime Beauty and Dramatic Action
The complete œuvre of the dark genius who revolutionized European painting — and remains as controversial 400 years after his death
Caravaggio, or more accurately Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610), was a legend even in his own lifetime. Celebrated by some for his naturalism and his revolutionary pictorial inventions, he was considered by others to have destroyed painting. Few other artists have provoked such controversy and so many contradictory interpretations right up to modern times.
This work offers a comprehensive new examination of Caravaggio's entire œuvre, with a catalogue raisonné 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. The spotlight thereby falls upon the radical nature and innovative force of Caravaggio's art and its influence in all of Europe.
Our understanding of Caravaggio's work has been substantially broadened in recent decades by major exhibitions, restoration campaigns, new attributions and archival discoveries. The new catalogue raisonné offers a detailed overview of the artist's entire œuvre based on the latest research. Every painting is reproduced in large-scale format, with spectacular details that offer dramatic close-ups and set new standards in print quality.
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 of the Institut européen d’histoire de la République des Lettres in Paris. 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.
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Exhibition
Caravaggio: The Supper at Emmaus
October 10, 2009 - January 31, 2010
The Art Institute of Chicago, 111 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60603-6404, United States
Caravaggio: The Supper at Emmaus
October 10, 2009 - January 31, 2010
The Art Institute of Chicago, 111 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60603-6404, United States
- Reviews (2 items)
"The demand for large-scale reproductions of work by artistic rebel Caravaggio is finally met in this new catalogue raisonne from art specialists TASCHEN."
The Bookseller, London, United Kingdom
The Bookseller, London, United Kingdom
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The Sunday Times Culture Magazine, United Kingdom, November 01, 2009
The Sunday Times Culture Magazine, United Kingdom, November 01, 2009
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