Caravaggio. The Complete Works (Bibliotheca Universalis)

Caravaggio or more accurately Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (15711610) was always a name to be reckoned with. Notorious bad boy of Italian painting the artist was at once celebrated and controversial: violent in temper precise in technique a creative master and a man on the run. Today he is considered one of the greatest influences in all art history.This Bibliotheca Universalis edition offers a neat and comprehensive Caravaggio catalogue raisonn. Each of his paintings is reproduced from recent top-quality photography allowing for a vivid encounter with the artists ingenious repertoire of looks and gestures as well as numerous detail shots of his boundary-breaking naturalism. Five accompanying chapters trace the complete arc of Caravaggios career from his first public commissions in Rome through to his growing celebrity status and trace his tempestuous personal life in which drama loomed as prominently as in his canvases.