Enter the dark, compelling world of the 16th-century Italian artist Caravaggio and discover the drama and passion of his religious paintings and his masterful handling of color. The DK ArtBook series presents both the life and works of each artist within the cultural, social, and political context of their time. To make the books easy to consult, they are divided into three areas -- the life and works of the artist, historical and cultural background, and analysis of major works -- which are identifiable by side bands. Each spread focuses on a specific theme, with an introductory text and several annotated illustrations. Few art history texts contain such abundance of full-color illustrations. The index section is also illustrated and gives background information on key figures and the location of the artist's works.
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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Italian
Original Language: Italian
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Vey Useful Guide to Caravaggio's Work,
By Aussie Reader ""Rick"" (Canberra, Australia) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Caravaggio: Master of Light and Dark--His Life in Paintings (Paperback)
The main reason why I purchased this book was to assist me in viewing this artist's complete works when reading other mainstream books about Caravaggio, namely: 'Caravaggio: A Passionate Life' and 'M' - both excellent books. The colour plates were lovely and each had detailed text to assist you in your studies of his work. This is a nice and easy to read guide book to this artists beautiful work. The narrative provides enough detail about Caravaggio's life and work to give you the basic idea but do not expect a detailed account, you will have to look elsewhere. Overall this a quick reference guide and is well worth a look.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Almost all I wanted,
By "bhankiii" (Garland, TX United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Caravaggio: Master of Light and Dark--His Life in Paintings (Paperback)
I purchased this book while reading "M - the Man Who Became Caravaggio". "M" has almost no pictures and I was looking for a good source of his works. There is no index of works in this books, so I spent a lot of time thumbing back and forth trying to find paintings. Also, a few of the works discussed in "M" don't appear here. I enjoyed the format in which the paintings are presented, except for a couple of instances where a detail of a painting was shown, but not the whole painting.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Too much on other artists,
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This review is from: Caravaggio: Master of Light and Dark--His Life in Paintings (Paperback)
The layout of the book is superior; where it falls short is that it mentions too many other painters. I would have preferred that all of the plates were Carvaggio's. I understand wanting to put them in context, but I would have preferred less emphasis in other places.
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