Caravaggio. The Complete Works

About the book

Caravaggio, or more accurately Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610), was always a name to be reckoned with. Notorious bad boy of Italian painting, the artist was at once celebrated and controversial: violent in temper, precise in technique, a creative master, and a man on the run. Today, he is considered one of the greatest influences in all art history. This Bibliotheca Universalis edition offers a neat and comprehensive Caravaggio catalogue raisonne. Each of his paintings is reproduced from recent top-quality photography, allowing for a vivid encounter with the artist's ingenious repertoire of looks and gestures, as well as numerous detail shots of his boundary-breaking naturalism. Five accompanying chapters trace the complete arc of Caravaggio's career from his first public commissions in Rome through to his growing celebrity status and trace his tempestuous personal life, in which drama loomed as prominently as in his canvases. About the series Bibliotheca Universalis - Compact cultural companions celebrating the eclectic TASCHEN universe!

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"This book is an artwork unto itself--perfect for Italian Renaissance aficionados."

Sebastian Schütze Biography

Sebastian Schütze war wissenschaftlicher Assistent an der Bibliotheca Hertziana (Max-Planck-Institut für Kunstgeschichte) in Rom. Er ist Mitglied des Wissenschaftlichen Beirates des Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici in Neapel und korrespondierendes Mitglied der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. In den Jahren 2003 2009 lehrte er als Bader Chair in Southern Baroque Art an der Queen s University in Kingston. Seit 2009 hat er einen Lehrstuhl für Neuere Kunstgeschichte an der Universität Wien inne. Madeleine Gisler-Huwiler studierte klassische Archäologie, Alte Geschichte und Altägyptisch an der Universität von Fribourg. Sie war als wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin an mehreren Ausgrabungen und Austellungen beteiligt und verfasst zur Zeit einen Katalog der ersten Vasensammlung von Sir William Hamilton für das British Museum. ... Read full biography