This volume considers Caravaggio's revolutionary 'realism''from a range of perspectives, presenting new avenues for research by a plurality of leading scholars. First, it advances our understanding of Caravaggio's relationship with the 'new' science of observation championed by Galileo. Second, it examines afresh the theoretical nature and artistic means of Caravaggio's seemingly direct 'realism.' Third, it extends the horizons of research on Caravaggio's complex intellectual and social milieu between high and low cultures. Includes essays by Genevieve Warwick, Catharine Puglisi, David M. Stone, Elizabeth Cropper, Anthony Colantuono, Todd P. Olson, and Charles Dempsey.
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Genevieve Warwick is senior lecturer in the art history department at the University of Glasgow.
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Caravaggio: Realism, Rebellion, Reception-- an excellent scholarly addition to Caravaggio studies by leading Seicento scholars!,
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This review is from: Caravaggio: Realism, Rebellion, Reception (University of Delaware Studies in Seventeenth- And Eighteent) (Hardcover)
While the previous reviewer is quite right in stating that this book lacks color plates-- one should hardly dismiss this book because of this fact. This monograph is written by a formidable group of leading Seicento scholars-- and is therefore an invaluable resource for those interested in the study of Caravaggio. While it certainly would be preferable to look at lovely color reproductions it should be remembered that these essays were written primarily for an audience of art historians and students of art history who are intimately familiar with the works of art being discussed, and therefore the color plates aren't entirely necessary. Producing color plates can be prohibitively expensive and these costs are passed on to the consumer, and this book would have likely cost a great deal more if the plates weren't black and white.
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Interesting text, the paingtings are not in color!,
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This review is from: Caravaggio: Realism, Rebellion, Reception (University of Delaware Studies in Seventeenth- And Eighteent) (Hardcover)
How can you talk about Caravaggio's art in a book where the reproductions from post cards have been xeroxed in black and white and shoved at the end of this not very large book? It's like discussing technicolor films in black and white, and asking an audience to imagine color! And the price for this foolish book!
Forget it.
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