Caravage - Couverture souple

Lambert

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 382286353X ISBN 13 : 9783822863534

Editeur : Taschen, 2000

Synopsis

Caravaggio - A genius beyond his time Notorious bad boy of Italian Baroque painting, Caravaggio (1571-1610) is finally getting the recognition he deserves. Though his name may be familiar to all of us, his work has been habitually detested and forced into obscurity. Not only was his theatrical realism unfashionable in his time, but his sacrilegious subject matter and use of lower class models were violently scorned. Caravaggio's great work had the misfortune of enduring centuries of disrepute. It wasn't until the end of the 19th century that he was rediscovered and, quite posthumously, deemed a great master. He is now considered the most important painter of the early Baroque period; without him there would have been no Ribera, Zurburan, Velazquez, Vermeer or Georges de la Tour. Franz Hals, Rembrandt, Delacroix, and Manet would have been different. In this new book you'll find over 50 of Caravaggio's best paintings; we think you'll agree that he was a genius beyond his time.

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur

Gilles Lambert est né à Paris en 1928. Amoureux de l'Italie, il a partagé sa vie entre Rome et Paris et traduit de nombreux ouvrages sur le XVIIe siècles à partir de l'italien. Dans les années 1950, il a fondé la revue Constellation avec André Labarthe, puis travaillé pour le Figaro Littéraire et Paris Match, il est aussi l'auteur de monographies sur Auguste Mariette et le Caravage.

Présentation de l'éditeur

" Sans lui il n'y aurait pas eu Ribera, Vermeer, Georges de La Tour, Rembrandt. Et Delacroix, Courbet, Manet eussent peint autrement. " Robero Longhi

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Taschen
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: français
• ISBN 10: 382286353X
• ISBN 13: 9783822863534
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 96
• Coordonnées du fabricant: TASCHEN GmbH; contact@taschen.com; ; Hohenzollernring 53. D; K�ln; 50672; Allemagne