Caravaggio
Caravaggio - A genius beyond his time
Notorious bad boy of Italian Baroque painting, Caravaggio (1571-1610) is finally getting the recognition he deserves. Though his name may be familiar to all of us, his work has been habitually detested and forced into obscurity. Not only was his theatrical realism unfashionable in his time, but his sacrilegious subject matter and use of lower class models were violently scorned.
Caravaggio's great work had the misfortune of enduring centuries of disrepute. It wasn't until the end of the 19th century that he was rediscovered and, quite posthumously, deemed a great master. He is now considered the most important painter of the early Baroque period; without him there would have been no Ribera, Zurbarán, Velázquez, Vermeer or Georges de la Tour. Franz Hals, Rembrandt, Delacroix, and Manet would have been different.
In this new book you'll find over 50 of Caravaggio's best paintings; we think you'll agree that he was a genius beyond his time.
About the Series:
Every book in TASCHEN's Basic Art Series features:
- a detailed chronological summary of the artist's life and work, covering the cultural and historical importance of the artist
- approximately 100 color illustrations with explanatory captions
- a concise biography
About the editor:
Gilles Néret (1933-2005) was an art historian, journalist, writer, and museum correspondent. He organized several art retrospectives in Japan and founded the SEIBU museum and the Wildenstein Gallery in Tokyo. He directed art reviews such as L'Oeil and Connaissance des Arts and received the Elie Faure Prize in 1981 for his publications. Néret's many titles for TASCHEN include Salvador Dalí - The Paintings, Matisse, and Erotica Universalis.
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Caravaggio
Néret, Gilles (ED)
Lambert, Gilles Softcover, flaps, 18.5 x 23 cm (7.3 x 9.1 in.), 96 pages, $ 9.99 |
- Reviews (4 items)
"In beeindruckender Bildqualität und zu einem sehr moderaten Preis bietet der TASCHEN-Verlag eine international aufgelegte Reihe an, in der bedeutende Künstler vorgestellt werden. Die Begleittexte sind kurz und präzise, die Abbildungen umfangreich und häufig ganzseitig. Die Bände vermitteln einen guten Ersteindruck ins Werk. Caravaggios stilbildende Hell-Dunkel-Malerei, sein radikaler Realismus und seine Auseinandersetzung mit Gewaltthemen treten so gelungen vor Augen."
Lehrerbibliothek, München, Germany
Lehrerbibliothek, München, Germany
