2010, ISBN: 4fb6f08610cfa1b3305504942afbec5d

London: Allen Lane, 2010. 1st Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. … Mehr…

London: Allen Lane, 2010. 1st Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: xxviii, 514 p., [40] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 20 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary: A biography of one of history's most compelling artists, whose hot temper was as renowned as his work. Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio lived the darkest and most dangerous life of any of the great painters. The worlds of Milan, Rome and Naples through which Caravaggio moved and which Andrew Graham-Dixon describes brilliantly in this book, are those of cardinals and whores, prayer and violence. On the streets surrounding the churches and palaces, brawls and swordfights were regular occurrences. In the course of this desperate life Caravaggio created the most dramatic paintings of his age, using ordinary men and women - often prostitutes and the very poor - to model for his depictions of classic religious scenes. Andrew Graham-Dixon's exceptionally illuminating readings of Caravaggio'spictures, which are the heart of the book, show very clearly how he created their drama, immediacy and humanity, and how completely he departed from the conventions of his time. Subjects: Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da 1573-1610. Painters Italy Biography. Genre: Biography. Illustrated text., London: Allen Lane, 2010<

2010, ISBN: 4fb6f08610cfa1b3305504942afbec5d

[SC: 2.45], [PU: London: Allen Lane], MICHELANGELO MERISI DA CARAVAGGIO, ART MONOGRAPHS, ARTISTS ITALIAN PAINTERS BIOGRAPHY, ARTISTS, DESIGN STYLES, BAROQUE STYLE, PAINTING, 17TH CENTURY … Mehr…

[SC: 2.45], [PU: London: Allen Lane], MICHELANGELO MERISI DA CARAVAGGIO, ART MONOGRAPHS, ARTISTS ITALIAN PAINTERS BIOGRAPHY, ARTISTS, DESIGN STYLES, BAROQUE STYLE, PAINTING, 17TH CENTURY ITALY, BOOKS WRITTEN BY ANDREW GRAHAM-DIXON, 978-0-713-99674-6 NOISBN, Jacket, Hardback in dust wrapper (red boards with silver titling to the spine) Physically 9½" x 6¼" (1.2 kg); (xxviii) 514pp; Index; 2nd impression, first published 2010. Contains: Colour photographs; Illustrated endpapers and blanks; ISBN: 978-0-713-99674-6 || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy of this book means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book#184621|| Condition: Very Good+ — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Dust wrapper very slightly rubbed at the edges with a nick to the top corner of the lower panel. A little age-toning to the edges of the text block. Text complete, clean and tight.<