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Caravaggio
A
Life
Sacred
and
Profane
Description
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice
and a Washington
Post Notable Book of the Year quotThibook resees
its subject with rare clarity and power as a
painter for the 21st century.quot8213Hiary
Spurling, New York Times Book ReviewMichelangelo
Merisi da Caravaggio (15718211160) lived
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the darkest and most dangerous life of any of the
great painters. This commanding biography
explores Caravaggio8217sstaggering 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 artist8217sbest
paintings, Caravaggio is a masterful profile of
the mercurial painter. 40 pages of color
illustrations 4 maps