Milano, Silvana Editoriale, 2009, 4to (cm. 33 x 25) tutta tela editoriale con sovraccopertina illustrata a colori, pp. 271 completamente illustrato da riproduzioni fotografiche a colori.

Caravaggio. L'opera completa. Ediz. italiana e inglese

Vodret, Rossella

Generico

Caravaggio in Rome: An Itinerary

SILVANA

Caravaggio: The Complete Works

Dramatic shifts from foreboding dark to probing light, with minimal gradation in between; a realism that exposes all the flaws and folds of human flesh, eschewing Michelangelo's idealized bodies; a surgical explication of almost unbearably tense emotion; and the poised depiction of crucial moments at the very lip of their unfolding: these were among the innovations of Michelangelo Merisi, known as Caravaggio. Without them, as the great Italian art writer Roberto Longhi once noted, "Ribera, Vermeer, La Tour and Rembrandt could never have existed... and the art of Delacroix, Courbet and Manet would have been utterly different." It was Longhi who rescued Caravaggio's painting for the twentieth century, prior to which it had lain dormant since the painter's mysterious death in 1610. During Caravaggio's lifetime, however, his work was enormously influential and controversial. Each of his innovations in some way upset the prevailing tendencies of the day--not least when his insistence on physical realism led him to paint Saint Matthew as a bald peasant with dirty legs (attended upon by an irreverently intimate boy angel). Nonetheless, Caravaggio was never short of commissions or patrons, and left to posterity around 80 masterpieces. This monograph is published on the fourth centenary of Caravaggio's death, and documents his complete paintings in high-quality reproductions. Authored by renowned scholar Rossella Vodret, it is the must-have monograph on the artist. Michelangelo Merisi, known as Caravaggio, was born in 1571 and made his debut in 1600 with two public commissions on the theme of Saint Matthew. He soon became notorious for his temper, and killed a young man in 1606; two further contretemps in Malta and Naples are recorded--the latter, in 1609, involving an attempt on his life--and by 1610 he was dead, after a brief but extraordinary career.

Arts & Photography

Individual Artists

Silvana Editoriale

Caravaggio è stato ed è considerato un pittore rivoluzionario per il suo linguaggio artistico che in tempi diversi ha suscitato interesse, coinvolgimento, vera passione in committenti, collezionisti, letterati o più semplici fruitori e amanti dell'arte. Questi due volumi intendono fare luce sui suoi modi pittorici, indagati attraverso le ricerche tecniche che hanno riguardato le ventidue opere certamente autografe conservate a Roma. Il primo volume costituisce un repertorio aggiornato di alcuni temi cruciali approfonditi in una serie di saggi a opera dei più autorevoli studiosi del settore, che, utilizzando i risultati della ricerca condotta direttamente sui testi pittorici, affrontano il percorso artistico, le complesse interpretazioni della critica, lo stato di conservazione, le più aggiornate tecniche di indagine. Ne scaturiscono una inedita immagine del pittore, fra tradizione e innovazione del linguaggio, e una possibile risposta agli interrogativi intorno al suo successo che attraversa i secoli e le più diverse correnti dell'arte e del pensiero critico.

Caravaggio: Works in Rome

“Without Caravaggio, Ribera, Vermeer, La Tour and Rembrandt could never have existed ... and the art of Delacroix, Courbet and Manet would have been utterly different.” ―Roberto Longhi
Dramatic shifts from foreboding dark to probing light, with minimal gradation in between; a realism that exposes all the flaws and folds of human flesh, eschewing Michelangelo’s idealized bodies; a surgical explication of almost unbearably tense emotion; and the poised depiction of crucial moments at the very lip of their unfolding: these were among the innovations of Michelangelo Merisi, known as Caravaggio. Without them, as the great Italian art writer Roberto Longhi once noted, “Ribera, Vermeer, La Tour and Rembrandt could never have existed ... and the art of Delacroix, Courbet and Manet would have been utterly different.” It was Longhi who rescued Caravaggio’s painting for the 20th century, prior to which it had lain dormant since the painter’s mysterious death in 1610. During Caravaggio’s lifetime, however, his work was enormously influential and controversial. Each of his innovations in some way upset the prevailing tendencies of the day―not least when his insistence on physical realism led him to paint Saint Matthew as a bald peasant with dirty legs (attended upon by an irreverently intimate boy angel). Nonetheless, Caravaggio was never short of commissions or patrons, and left to posterity around 80 masterpieces. This monograph documents his complete paintings in high-quality reproductions. Authored by renowned scholar Rossella Vodret, it is the must-have monograph on the artist.
Michelangelo Merisi, known as Caravaggio, was born in 1571 and made his debut in 1600 with two public commissions on the theme of Saint Matthew. He soon became notorious for his temper, and killed a young man in 1606; two further contretemps in Malta and Naples are recorded―the latter, in 1609, involving an attempt on his life―and by 1610 he was dead, after a brief but extraordinary career.

History & Criticism

Il mistero dell'angelo perduto

Jorio, Paolo

Skira

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