Caravaggio. The Complete Works by Sebastian Schütze

“A catalogue with first-class, full-size colour reproductions of all of Caravaggio’s principal paintings.The text analyses his career and his riotous life: a rag-to-riches story every bit as dramatic as Caravaggio’s art.” “This comprehensive study showcases each painting in state-of-the-art photography, with close-ups of details, like his ability to capture emotion with the subtlest of facial expressions.In 2009 he was appointed professor of early modern art history at Vienna University. From 2003 to 2009 he held the Bader Chair in Southern Baroque Art at Queen’s University in Kingston. 40th Ed., ISBN: 9783836587969, by Sebastian Schtze, published by TASCHEN (September 30, 2021) is available in hardcover. He is a member of the academic board of the Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici in Naples, and a member of the Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. The author Sebastian Schütze was a longtime research fellow at the Bibliotheca Hertziana (Max Planck Institute for Art History) in Rome. They look at his increasing daring with lighting and with a boundary-breaking naturalism which allowed even biblical events to unfold with an unprecedented immediacy before the viewer. Five introductory chapters analyze Caravaggio's artistic career from his early struggle to make a living, through his first public commissions in Rome, and his growing celebrity status. Each painting is reproduced in large format, with recent, high production photography allowing for dramatic close-ups with Caravaggio's ingenious details of looks and gestures. This work offers a comprehensive reassessment of Caravaggio’s entire œuvre with a catalogue raisonné of his works. 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. Caravaggio, or more accurately Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610), was always a name to be reckoned with. Caravaggio, or more accurately Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610), was always a name to be reckoned with.

Caravaggio. The Complete Works by Sebastian Schütze