In the course of a short and violent life, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio revolutionized painting, producing a style of shockingly immediate realism that swept through Europe and still resonates today. Almost everything we know about his life comes from these three early biographies, and they reflect the often horrified fascination that Caravaggio exerted on his contemporaries. Giorgio Mancini, his physician, underscored the value of Caravaggio’s revival of painting. Giovanni Baglione, a mediocre rival, is far less generous, but unable to hide his awe. The leading art historian of the following generation, Giovanni Pietro Bellori, produced a more balanced assessment, with detailed analyses of many of his major paintings. The Lives of Caravaggio is introduced by Helen Langdon, the leading expert on the painter, who elucidates the historical and artistic context of these biographies.

The Lives of Caravaggio (Lives of the Artists series)

Arts & Photography

Bellori, Giovanni Pietro

Baglione, Giovanni

Mancini, Giorgio

History & Criticism

Pallas Athene

Le Vite De' Pittori, Scultori, Architetti, Ed Intagliatori: Dal Pontificato Di Gregorio Xiii. Del 1572. Fino A' Tempi Di Papa Urbano Viii. Nel 1642 (Italian Edition)

Passari, Giovanni Battista

Legare Street Press

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Le Vite De Pittori, Scultori, Architetti, Ed Intagliatori: Dal Pontificato (1733)

Kessinger Publishing

Nabu Press

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A new title in the successful Lives of the Artists series, which offers illuminating, and often intimate, accounts of iconic artists as viewed by their contemporaries. The most notorious Italian painter of his day, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610) forever altered the course of Western painting with his artistic ingenuity and audacity. This volume presents the most important early biographies of his life: an account by his doctor, Giulio Mancini; another by one of his artistic rivals, Giovanni Baglione; and a later profile by Giovanni Pietro Bellori that demonstrates how Caravaggio’s impact was felt in seventeenth-century Italy. Together, these accounts have provided almost everything that is known of this enigmatic figure.

Lives of Caravaggio (Lives of the Artists)

Mancini, Giulio

Bellori, Pietro

J.paul Getty Museum

A new title in the successful Lives of the Artists series, which offers illuminating, and often intimate, accounts of iconic artists as viewed by their contemporaries. The enormous talent, range, and intellect of Flemish Baroque artist Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) had an immediate impact on his contemporaries and changed international perceptions about painting and painters. Lives of Rubens assembles three early biographies that illuminate this impact: rival artist Giovanni Baglione writes about Rubens’s works for the churches of Rome; Joachim von Sandrart demonstrates the highly favorable contemporary public opinion of Rubens; and painter and critic Roger de Piles staunchly defends Rubens’s work in response to criticism by the French Academy.

Lives of Rubens (Lives of the Artists)

De Piles, Roger

van Sandrart, Joachim

The brilliance of Peter Paul Rubens’ career changed forever the perceptions of painting and painters. Here was a man whose astonishing gifts were allied to a personality so cosmopolitan, engaging, and virtuous that he could mingle as easily with kings as with fellow painters. Rubens’ character and achievements fascinated his contemporaries, and these three biographies of the artist show the impact of his life and art on three very different observers. Baglione, an Italian painter and art historian, records the remarkable success of Rubens’ visits to Rome; Sandrart, a German painter, writes on the later years of his career; and de Piles, one of the greatest early art critics, offers an evaluation of Rubens’ style that remains one of the most influential ever written.

The Lives of Rubens (Lives of the Artists series)

von Sandrart, Joachim

In the course of a short and violent life, Michelangelo Merisl da Caravaggio (1571-1610) revolutionized painting, producing a style of shockingly immediate realism that swept through Europe. The impact of his art and personality continue to resonate to this day. Almost everything we know about Caravaggio's life comes from these three early biographies, which reflect the sometimes horrified fascination that Caravaggio exerted on his contemporaries. Giulio Mancini was Caravaggio's doctor; Giovanni Baglione a bitter rival and art historian; Giovanni Pietro Baglione the most judicious art historian of the following generation. All three provide a vivid picture of a man whose life reads in part like a thriller, as well as a fascinating window onto a world and habits of seeing that were mercilessly challenged by his art. This edition is the first independent publication of these Lives of Caravaggio. It is Introduced by the leading expert on the painter, Dr. Helen Langdon, who elucidates the historical and artistic context of these biographies and the men who wrote them. 29 pages of colour illustrations cover the span of Caravaggio's astonishing career.

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

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The Lives of Caravaggio (Lives of the Artists series)

Le Vite De' Pittori, Scultori, Architetti, Ed Intagliatori: Dal Pontificato Di Gregorio Xiii. Del 1572. Fino A' Tempi Di Papa Urbano Viii. Nel 1642 (Italian Edition)

Le Vite De Pittori, Scultori, Architetti, Ed Intagliatori: Dal Pontificato (1733)

Le Vite De' Pittori, Scultori, Architetti, Ed Intagliatori: Dal Pontificato Di Gregorio Xiii. Del 1572. Fino A' Tempi Di Papa Urbano Viii. Nel 1642 (Italian Edition)

Le Vite De' Pittori, Scultori, Architetti, Ed Intagliatori: Dal Pontificato Di Gregorio Xiii. Del 1572. Fino A' Tempi Di Papa Urbano Viii. Nel 1642 (Italian Edition)

Lives of Caravaggio (Lives of the Artists)

Lives of Rubens (Lives of the Artists)

The Lives of Rubens (Lives of the Artists series)

The Lives of Caravaggio (Lives of the Artists series)