The Lives of Caravaggio

Giulio Mancini, Giovanni Baglione, Giovanni Pietro Bellori , Helen Langdon

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Pallas Athene
01 July 2023

Art & Architecture; Art & design styles: Baroque; Painting & paintings; Individual artists, art monographs; Biography: arts & entertainment

Series: Lives of the Artists

The first biographies of Caravaggio: key documents of one of the greatest revolutions in the history of art.

In the course of a short and violent life, Michelangelo Merisi 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 Bellori 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.

29 colour illustrations

By: Giulio Mancini, Giovanni Baglione, Giovanni Pietro Bellori
Edited by: Helen Langdon
Imprint: Pallas Athene
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions: Height: 145mm, Width: 114mm, Spine: 7mm
Weight: 124g
ISBN: 9781843681380
ISBN 10: 1843681382
Series: Lives of the Artists
Pages: 112
Publication Date: 01 July 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

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The Lives of Caravaggio is comprised of the earliest three biographies of the Italian Baroque master, revealing how his revolutionary painting and tempestuous character fascinated and appalled his contemporaries. With 20 color reproductions.