Contributions

  • Musée Fabre - Contributor
  • Musée des Augustins - Contributor
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art - Contributor
  • Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art - Contributor

Publication

2012 - Prestel, Los Angeles, California

Language

English

Word Count

43,500 words, Guess

Page Count

174 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC759.94/074
  • LCCND623.C26 A4 2012

Description

"They were known as the "Caravaggisti"--artists who imitated the 16th-century master's earthy, realistic style or subject matter. Caravaggio's impact on his contemporaries was immediate, but in the decades that followed his brief career, hundreds of artists drew inspiration from his innovative use of intense light and shadow, the distinctly theatrical atmosphere of his paintings, his use of religious imagery, and his preference for painting directly from life. This companion volume to an exhibition features works by Caravaggio and more than 30 other artists. The book displays an amazing cross section of genre, portraiture, historical subjects, and religious scenes. Bringing together previously unconnected painters from Italy, Northern Europe, France, and Spain, this remarkable collection brilliantly illustrates Caravaggio's enormous effect on the development of 17th-century European painting"--

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