Caravaggio: A Life (Taschenbuch) von Helen Langdon   Kurzbeschreibung: Biography of the hugely popular Italian renaissance painter, which puts his life and work in the context of the political, intellectual and spiritual trends of his time. 24pp colour plates, 60 b/w illus. Lesen Sie mehr... Rezensionen: Nicholas Poussin once said that Caravaggio had come into the world to destroy painting. Helen Langdon's marvellous new biographyCaravaggio: A Lifesuggests that rather than destroying painting the Milanese painter gave it a new lease of life. Upon his arrival in Rome Caravaggio boldly ended a tradition of Italian Renaissance painting, and created a radically new naturalistic style which continues to dazzle and influence today. Beautifully poised between biographical scholarship and artistic appreciation, Langdon's biography provides the reader with a complex, fascinating Caravaggio, still the rebel and outsider of the popular imagination, but also immersed in the Roman world of art, politics and patronage. Some of the finest sections of the book vividly bring to life the streets and brothels of early 17th-century Rome, which provided Caravaggio with the inspiration for so many of his early works. By contrast, the later sections which deal with Caravaggio's exile and commissions in Naples, Malta and Sicily seem rather brief and truncated, giving the final third of the book a rather unbalanced feel. This is however partly due to the elusiveness of Caravaggio himself--with little direct contemporary documentation on the painter, he often slips into the shadows, evading the scrutiny of the biographer. But Langdon's achievement is to produce a compelling portrait of the artist which throws new light on his paintings. Here is a painter who is proud, difficult and arrogant, yet highly intellectual in his appreciation of the changing face of both Catholicism and scientific enquiry. Written with great historical clarity, and supplemented by 42 magnificent colour illustrations, Helen Langdon'sCaravaggiois a worthy contribution to scholarly study of this artist. --Jerry Brotton © 1998-2001 Amazon.com, Inc. und Tochtergesellschaften Alle Rezensionen ansehen...   Angebote zu  Caravaggio ,  Life ,  Taschenbuch  ab 1 Euro! Siehe auch folgende Artikel: Venice and the Renaissance von Manfredo Tafuri Khajuraho (Monumental Legacy) von Devangana Desai The Art of Art History. A Critical Anthology (Oxford History of Art) von Donald Preziosi Vision and Difference. Femininity, Feminism, and Histories of Art: Feminism, Femininity and Histories of Art (Routledge Classics) von Griselda Pollock Mehr zu  Caravaggio, Michelangelo,  Arts & Photography,  Painting,  Baroque,  Biographies & Memoirs Home ...,    Angebote ansehen ...,    Begleitseite ... Herausgeber dieser Seite ist DomainLoc.com GmbH - Partner von Amazon.de Copyright © DomainLoc.com GmbH (Impressum)