Caravaggio: Painter of Miracles (Eminent Lives) - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 0061768901 ISBN 13: 9780061768903

Verlag: HarperPerennial, 2010

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Críticas:

"Fine biography--and a study of why revolutionary art can be reviled in its own time and revered in another."--Kirkus Reviews

"Tautly written and insightful."--Seattle Times

"Combines astute examination of his work with just a plain good yarn about a street tough who painted transcendent pictures."--Entertainment Weekly

"Matching gorgeous prose to gorgeous artworks, Prose responds to each image as a moment of theatrical revelation, sensual or spiritual."--Boston Sunday Globe

"Prose's concentrated interpretation... clearly and descriptively explicates the pioneering painter's unique perception of the miraculous in everyday life."--Booklist

"Elegant . . . [Prose] fills out the intrigue of Caravaggio's own life and writes terrifically about the paintings."--Hartford Courant

"In this engaging and informative short biography . . . Prose vividly brings [Caravaggio's] paintings to life."--Los Angeles Times Book Review

"Everything a casual reader needs to know about flamboyant Baroque artist Caravaggio... Makes you want to go to the museum."--U.S. News & World Report

"Racy, intensely imagined, and highly readable . . . Prose brings to Caravaggio a fresh and unflinching eye."--New York Times Book Review

Reseña del editor:

“Matching gorgeous prose to gorgeous artworks, Prose responds to each image as a moment of theatrical revelation, sensual or spiritual, and frequently both.” — Boston Sunday Globe

In Caravaggio, New York Times bestselling author Francine Prose (Goldengrove, Reading like a Writer) offers an enthralling account of the life and work of one of the greatest painters of all time. —“Called “racy, intensely imagined, and highly readable” by the New York Times Book Review, Caravaggio includes eight pages of color illustrations, and is sure to appeal to art enthusiasts interested in one of history’s true innovators. Caravaggio is another engaging entry in the HarperCollins’ “Eminent Lives” series of biographies by distinguished authors on canonical figures.

Über diese Auflage

• Verlag: HarperPerennial
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0061768901
• ISBN 13: 9780061768903
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 160