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- Caravaggio and the Creation of Modernity
- Publication Name
- Caravaggio and the Creation of Modernity
- Title
- Caravaggio and the Creation of Modernity
- Format
- Hardcover
- EAN
- 9781780236766
- ISBN
- 9781780236766
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books, The Limited
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Art
- Release Date
- 01/10/2016
- Release Year
- 2016
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- GB
- Item Height
- 0.9in
- Item Length
- 8.5in
- Item Width
- 5.4in
- Item Weight
- 23.2 Oz
- Series
- Renaissance Lives
- Publication Year
- 2016
- Topic
- Cultural Heritage, Individual Artists / General, Artists, Architects, Photographers, European, History / Renaissance
- Number of Pages
- 272 Pages
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Undeniably one of the greatest artists of all time, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio would develop a radically new kind of psychologically expressive, realistic art and, in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, would lay the foundations for modern painting. His paintings defied tradition to such a degree that the meaning of his works have divided critics and viewers for centuries. In this original study, Troy Thomas examines Caravaggio's life and art in relationship to the profound beginnings of modernity, exploring the many conventions that Caravaggio utterly dismantled with his extraordinary genius. Thomas begins with an in-depth look at Caravaggio's early life and works and examines how he refined his realism, developed his obsession with darkness and light, and began to find the subtle and clever ambiguity of genre and meaning that would become his trademark. Focusing acutely on the inherent tensions, contradictions, and ambiguities within Caravaggio's paintings, Thomas goes on to examine his mature religious works and the ways he created a powerful but stark and enigmatic expressiveness in his protagonists. Lastly, he delves into the artist's final hectic years as a fugitive killer evading papal police and wandering the cities of southern Italy. Richly illustrated in color throughout, Caravaggio and the Creation of Modernity will appeal to all of those fascinated by the history of art and the remarkable lives of Renaissance masters.
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Publisher
Reaktion Books, The Limited
ISBN-10
178023676x
ISBN-13
9781780236766
eBay Product ID (ePID)
5038654685
Product Key Features
Book Title
Caravaggio and the Creation of Modernity
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Cultural Heritage, Individual Artists / General, Artists, Architects, Photographers, European, History / Renaissance
Publication Year
2016
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Art
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.5in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
5.4in
Item Weight
23.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
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Nd623
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This is not a typical chronological overview of the artist's life or a catalog of his works. Rather, the book is thematically conceived: seventeen brief chapters (plus an introduction and conclusion) group Caravaggio's works by time and place while emphasizing broad themes such as spirituality, ambiguity, darkness and light, reception, and other relevant topics. This clever format allows Troy to continually circle back to previously discussed paintings but under different terms. Also valuable are the images of works by other artists, presented along with those of Caravaggio's paintings, which allow the reader examine the artist in relation to his peers. Overall, this affordable book is a fitting complement to more traditional studies; it will help the reader better understand Caravaggio's importance to artistic modernity and the history of art in general. Recommended., This book is carefully designed as a forceful and concise statement on the artist's innovations. . . . There's much more to say about this excellent book and Thomas offers daring interpretations on almost every page. . . . Moments such as these underline both Thomas's skill as a historian and Caravaggio's towering genius., Thomas presents an insightful, well written overview of the life and art of this fascinating painter. His examination of Caravaggio's radical style, eccentric persona, and ambiguous religious works against the background of cultural developments during the Counter-Reformation provides a fresh view of the artist's originality and continuing influence., Thomas is at his best when emphasizing Caravaggio's artifice, the extent to which he went beyond the mere transcription of nature, and in analyzing the ways in which his works provoked an unprecedented visual and intellectual engagement with the viewer. . . . His discussion of the art market and of Caravaggio's role in cultivating a new audience of private collectors in Rome, who prized artistic freedom, novelty, and sophistication, is also valuable., Thomas's excellent new book provides an accessible but sophisticated examination of Caravaggio as an artist, focusing in particular on his mature Roman paintings. Building on previous scholarship and also offering some intriguing new interpretations of Caravaggio's remarkable pictures, Thomas argues that the ambiguity of the artist's approach to his subjects, along with his novel realism, psychological penetration, and dynamic immediacy, make Caravaggio a truly modern artist. Filled with interesting observations about Caravaggio's pictures, this book examines Caravaggio's uncomfortably human questioning of faith in his religious pictures, while situating the artist in the context of his time and arguing for the unprecedented modernity of his creations., This richly illustrated volume, organized both chronologically and thematically, is a comprehensive examination of the life and career of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio [who] is often celebrated for his use of realism and tenebrism. However, this book has effectively demonstrated that one must look beyond heightened naturalism and pronounced chiaroscuro to fully appreciate the ground-breaking work that Caravaggio produced during his short and turbulent career. Highlighting compositional opposition and ambiguity in Caravaggio's work has allowed Thomas to shed light on the artist's ingenuity and sustained influence. This book is both well written and well documented, and is an excellent read for those looking to broaden their understanding of Michelangelo Merisi as a man, as a master painter, and a revolutionary whose personal manner of making intellectually and sensually engaging art helped lay the foundation for painting in the modern age., Thomas's excellent new book on Caravaggio is well-informed, well considered. . . . Thomas leads us through a succinct but, nonetheless, comprehensive review of Caravaggio's career and critical reception, so much so that even readers who are new to Caravaggio studies will in the end find they have acquired a satisfyingly adequate introduction to the artist's life and production. Thomas is a master in compacting much information in relatively few pages and throughout, whatever the topic, demonstrates that he is absolutely and securely current on the vast Caravaggio bibliography, which is no small compliment to pay a scholar. . . . In addition to the intellectual satisfaction afforded by the book, there is the visual delight of its abundant and excellent color photography. . . . Thomas's [book] deserves our attention, our respect, and our compliments for it invites us, indeed enables us, to see and understand Caravaggio effectively from a truly different and enlightening perspective, in a way few books on the artist do. . . . It distinguishes itself from among the scores of new books, scholarly or otherwise, that have been published in recent years on Caravaggio.
Table of Content
Introduction 1 Early Life: Milan-Rome, 1571-99 2 The Modern Art Market; Early Patronage 3 Early Roman Works, c. 1592-9 4 A Stark Reality: Life and Mature Roman Works, 1599-1606 5 The Divine and the Human 6 Ambiguity 7 Oppositional Meanings 8 The Social Embedded in the Religious 9 The Created Personas of the Self-portraits 10 Scepticism, Eroticism, Irony, Wit 11 Darkness and Light 12 The Science of Art 13 The Religious Orders 14 The Reception of Caravaggio's Art 15 Life in Souther Italy, 1606-10 16 Reconciliation and Spirituality 17 Late Works, 1606-10 Conclusion: Caravaggio and the Creation of Modernity References Select Bibliography Acknowledgements Photo Acknowledgements Index
Copyright Date
2016
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
759.5
Series
Renaissance Lives Ser.
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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