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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:M: The Man Who Became Caravaggioby Peter Robb
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:A New York Times Notable Book of the YearAs vividly and unflinchingly presented herein with "blood and bone and sinew" (Times Literary Supplement) by Peter Robb, Caravaggio's wild and tempestuous life was a provocation to a culture in a state of siege. The end of the sixteenth century was marked by the Inquisition and Counter-Reformation, a background of ideological war against which, despite all odds, brilliant feats of art and science were achieved. No artist captured the dark, violent spirit of the time better than Caravaggio, variously known as Marisi, Moriggia, Merigi, and sometimes, simply M. As art critic Robert Hughes has said, "There was art before him and art after him, and they were not the same." Robb's masterful biography "re-creates the mirror Cravaggio held up to nature," as Hilary Spurling wrote in The New York Times Book Review, "with singular delicacy as well as passion and panache." Review:"It is clear that Caravaggio is Robb's oyster, and he makes him ours too." (The Boston Globe) Review:"Partisan, sharply personal, and well worth reading." (The Wall Street Journal) Review:"His biography...comes across almost like an eyewitness account. His commentaries on the paintings convey a kind of informed passion in confrontation with genius...his account achieves both intimacy and vibrancy because of the richness of layering, its nonstop accumulation of analyzed detail." (Richard Bernstein, New York Times) Review:"Passionate, perceptive...[Robb] succeeds brilliantly in bringing to life one of the handful of figures in art history whose genius blazed so brightly that it illuminated an entire age and changed forever the course of European art." (The Baltimore Sun) Review:"A feast of art appreciation, storytelling, and witty speculation." (Bookpage) Review:"Just as Caravaggio took art to the edge, Robb takes biography there." (Publishers Weekly) Synopsis:Sometimes known simply as M, Caravaggio threw out Renaissance dogma to paint with dazzling originality and fierce vitality--qualities that are echoed in Robb's prose as he suspends time to capture the artist's wild and tempestuous life. of full-color illustrations. About the AuthorPeter Robb was born in Australia and has lived in Naples and southern Italy for most of the past two decades. His first book, Midnight in Sicily, was a New York Times Notable Book and a New York Public Library Book of the Year. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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