Caravaggio

Caravaggio and his works have been in the past years the object of a sort of collective infatuation that on one side brought the value of the master s painting to very high levels and, on the other, generated a proliferation of new attributions, with a subsequent uncertainty and confusion among Caravaggio s devotees, but also a devaluation of the excellent level of the autographed works. This new book, published on the fourth centenary of Michelangelo Merisi s death, is based on the analysis of the artistic production which is confirmed as Caravaggio s, thanks also to the discoveries of recent years. The author tells the artist s life, characterised by lights and shadows, by marvel and scandal, thus presenting us an exceptionally real and alive profile of Caravaggio as a man, as well as his capability to innovate painting through creativity and technique. A complete work, with high-quality reproductions of the paintings, this volume presents the surprising and troubled style of the greatest genius of seventeenth-century Italy.