Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and ProfaneW. W. Norton & Company, 10 nov 2011 - 544 pagina's A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice and a Washington Post Notable Book of the Year Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610) lived the darkest and most dangerous life of any of the great painters. This commanding biography explores Caravaggio’s staggering artistic achievements, his volatile personal trajectory, and his tragic and mysterious death at age thirty-eight. Featuring more than eighty full-color reproductions of the artist’s best paintings, Caravaggio is a masterful profile of the mercurial painter. |
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