Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane

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A New York Times Book Review Editors Choice and a Washington Post Notable Book of the Year "This book resees its subject with rare clarity and power as a painter for the 21st century." Hilary Spurling New York Times Book Review Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (15711610) lived the darkest and most dangerous life of any of the great painters. This commanding biography explores Caravaggios staggering artistic achievements his volatile personal trajectory and his tragic and mysterious death at age thirty-eight. Featuring more than eighty full-color reproductions of the artists best paintings Caravaggio is a masterful profile of the mercurial painter. 40 pages of color illustrations; 4 maps