| #2630218 in eBooks | 2015-09-15 | 2015-09-15 | File type: PDF||5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.| A deceptive, defective product: old text, poor reproductions|By J. Faulk|This was the first Caravaggio artbook I bought, several years ago. The text is very dated, colors are untrue, and many reproductions are soaked in obliterating darkness. The book was laid out in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, apparently from third-rate source materials, and was printed in China.
The|About the Author|Felix Witting was a Professor of Art History. He taught many years before dedicating himself exclusively to research and writing. His passion for the work of Caravaggio and for the man can be appreciated in his outstanding monograph.
After staying in Milan for his apprenticeship, Michelangelo da Caravaggio arrived in Rome in 1592. There he started to paint with both realism and psychological analysis of the sitters. Caravaggio was as temperamental in his painting as in his wild life. As he also responded to prestigious Church commissions, his dramatic style and his realism were seen as unacceptable. Chiaroscuro had existed well before he came on the scene, but it was Caravaggio who made the technique...
You easily download any file type for your gadget.Caravaggio (Temporis Collection) | Félix Witting, M.L. Patrizi. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
