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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio; Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Andrew Graham-Dixon; Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio |
| ISBN: | 9780393081497 0393081494 |
| OCLC Number: | 690086399 |
| Awards: | Shortlisted for BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2011. |
| Description: | xxviii, 514 p., [40] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Milan, 1571-92 -- Rome, 1592-5 -- Rome, 1595-9 -- Rome, 1599-1606 -- The Alban Hills, Naples, Malta, Sicily, Naples, Porto Ercole, 1606-10. |
| Other Titles: | Life sacred and profane |
| Responsibility: | Andrew Graham-Dixon. |
Abstract:
In the tradition of John Richardson's Picasso, a commanding new biography of the Italian master's tumultuous life and mysterious death.
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Graham-Dixon combed the criminal records of the era to glean extraordinary details about the artist 's run-ins with the law. He skillfully evokes the social and religious context of turn-of-the-17th-century Italy. --Ann Levin Read more...
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