En savoir plus
Informationen zum Autor Annabel Howard is the author of This is Kandinsky (2015) and Art Visionaries (with Mark Getlein! 2016). She has degrees in art history and biographical writing! and has taught and lectured in museums throughout the United Kingdom and Italy. She has contributed to magazines including Glass! the White Review and the Spectator.Iker Spozio is an illustrator! engraver and painter who lives and works in Spain. His work has been featured in international publications such as Le Monde and Il Corriere della Sera! but he mostly works in the music field! creating artwork for record labels worldwide! including Deutsche Grammophon! Thrill Jockey and FatCat. Klappentext Genial, skandalös und unberechenbar: Caravaggio hat als Mensch und Künstler dramatische Anziehungskraft. Er war berühmt für sein Temperament, aber auch für seine radikale und einfühlsame Humanisierung biblischer Geschichten und insbesondere für seine Entscheidung, das brutale und schmutzige Leben auf der Straße in seine Bilder einzubeziehen. Dieses Buch ist eine Einführung in sein Leben und sein atemberaubend innovatives Werk. Vorwort The story of Caravaggio's life and work is brought to life through specially commissioned illustrations Zusammenfassung Mercurial, saturnine, scandalous and unpredictable, Caravaggio – as a man, as a character and as an artist – holds dramatic appeal. He spent a large part of his life on the run, leaving a trail of illuminated chaos wherever he passed, most of it recorded in criminal justice records. When he did settle for long enough to paint, he produced works of staggering creativity and technical innovation. He was famous throughout Italy for his fulminating temper, but also for his radical and sensitive humanisation of biblical stories, and in particular his decision to include the brutal and dirty life of the street in his paintings. Caravaggio was a rebel and a violent man, but he eyed the world with deep empathy, realism and an unrelenting honesty. ...
