Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane
<p><strong>A <em>New York Times Book Review</em> Editors' Choice and a <em>Washington Post</em> Notable Book of the Year<br /><br /> "This book resees its subject with rare clarity and power as a painter for the 21st century." €•Hilary Spurling, <em>New York Times Book Review</em></strong></p><p>Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571€“1610) lived the darkest and most dangerous life of any of the great painters. This commanding biography explores Caravaggio€s staggering artistic achievements, his volatile personal trajectory, and his tragic and mysterious death at age thirty-eight. Featuring more than eighty full-color reproductions of the artist€s best paintings, <em>Caravaggio</em> is a masterful profile of the mercurial painter.</p> 40 pages of color illustrations; 4 maps