Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane

by Andrew Graham-Dixon

Book Overview

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, Caravaggio is a masterful profile of the mercurial painter.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 039334343X
• ISBN13: 9780393343434
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 1.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"