Caravaggio's Eye

by Clovis Whitfield

This book concentrates on a few crucial years of Caravaggio's development, in order to cast light on what made the artist such a revolutionary figure. It argues that this revolution was one of technique rather than style, and involved the sophisticated use of a camera obscura and so-called 'burning' or parabolic mirrors, exploiting new advances in glassmaking and optics. Because the results Caravaggio obtained by his new methods were so different...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1907372105
• ISBN13: 9781907372100
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Paul Holberton Publishing
• Length: 264 Pages