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    Delphi Complete Works of Caravaggio (Illustrated)
    Delphi Complete Works of Caravaggio (Illustrated)
    Delphi Complete Works of Caravaggio (Illustrated)
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    The Masters of Art Series presents the world’s first e-Art books, allowing digital readers to explore the works of the world’s greatest artists in comprehensive detail. This volume presents the complete works of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, the master of baroque painting, in beautiful detail, with concise introductions, hundreds of high quality images and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * The complete extant paintings of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio — over 90 paintings, fully indexed and arranged in chronological and alphabetical order
    * Includes reproductions of rare works
    * Features a special ‘Highlights’ section, with concise introductions to the masterpieces, giving valuable contextual information
    * Enlarged ‘Detail’ images, allowing you to explore Caravaggio’s celebrated works in detail, as featured in traditional art books
    * Hundreds of images in stunning colour – highly recommended for viewing on tablets and smart phones or as a valuable reference tool on more conventional eReaders
    * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the complete paintings
    * Easily locate the paintings you want to view
    * Scholarly ordering of plates into chronological order Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting e-Art books CONTENTS: The Highlights
    YOUNG SICK BACCHUS
    BOY WITH A BASKET OF FRUIT
    CARDSHARPS
    SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI IN ECSTASY
    THE MUSICIANS
    BACCHUS
    SAINT CATHERINE OF ALEXANDRIA
    JUDITH BEHEADING HOLOFERNES
    NARCISSUS
    CALLING OF SAINT MATTHEW
    THE CRUCIFIXION OF SAINT PETER
    THE CONVERSION OF SAINT PAUL ON THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS
    THE SUPPER AT EMMAUS
    AMOR VICTORIOUS
    JOHN THE BAPTIST
    ENTOMBMENT
    DAVID WITH THE HEAD OF GOLIATH
    THE MARTYRDOM OF SAINT URSULA The Paintings
    THE COMPLETE PAINTINGS
    ALPHABETICAL LIST OF PAINTINGS The Biography
    BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF CARAVAGGIO by Ralph N. James Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDelphi Classics
    Release dateAug 11, 2015
    ISBN9781910630556
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      Delphi Complete Works of Caravaggio (Illustrated) - Caravaggio

      Caravaggio

      (1571–1610)

      Contents

      The Highlights

      YOUNG SICK BACCHUS

      BOY WITH A BASKET OF FRUIT

      CARDSHARPS

      SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI IN ECSTASY

      THE MUSICIANS

      BACCHUS

      SAINT CATHERINE OF ALEXANDRIA

      JUDITH BEHEADING HOLOFERNES

      NARCISSUS

      CALLING OF SAINT MATTHEW

      THE CRUCIFIXION OF SAINT PETER

      THE CONVERSION OF SAINT PAUL ON THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS

      THE SUPPER AT EMMAUS

      AMOR VICTORIOUS

      JOHN THE BAPTIST

      ENTOMBMENT

      DAVID WITH THE HEAD OF GOLIATH

      THE MARTYRDOM OF SAINT URSULA

      The Paintings

      THE COMPLETE PAINTINGS

      ALPHABETICAL LIST OF PAINTINGS

      The Biography

      BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF CARAVAGGIO by Ralph N. James

      © Delphi Classics 2014

      Version 1

      Masters of Art Series

      Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio

      By Delphi Classics, 2014

      The Highlights

      Milan — Caravaggio’s birthplace

      A map of Milan in the 16th Century

      Chalk portrait of Caravaggio by Ottavio Leoni, c. 1621

      THE HIGHLIGHTS

      In this section, a sample of some of Caravaggio’s most celebrated works are provided, with concise introductions, special ‘detail’ reproductions and additional biographical images.

      YOUNG SICK BACCHUS

      Completed circa 1593, this early self-portrait depicts the artist as Bacchus, the Roman god of wine. According to Caravaggio’s first biographer, Giovanni Baglione, the work was a cabinet piece created with the aid of a mirror. It dates from Caravaggio’s first years in Rome, after his arrival from his native Milan in 1592. Sources tend to agree that at one point the artist fell ill and spent six months in the hospital of Santa Maria della Consolazione, possibly suffering an ailment like malaria, which would explain the jaundiced appearance of the skin and the icterus in the eyes, as portrayed in Bacchus.

      The painting demonstrates the artist’s precocious ability to blend three genres into one canvas: portraiture, classical subject matter and still-life. Apart from its assumed autobiographical content, this early painting was likely used by Caravaggio to promote his variety of skills, demonstrating his virtuosity in painting genres such as still-life and portraits and hinting at the ability to paint the classical figures of antiquity. The three-quarters angle of the face was a popular convention of late Renaissance portraiture, though some art historians regard Caravaggio’s portrayal of a sick Bacchus, a classical god, as a statement that classical art is flawed, highlighting the artist’s preference for naturalism, represented by the beautiful detail of the still-life peaches and grapes in the painting’s foreground.

      The still-life can be compared with other examples in slightly later works, such as Boy With a Basket of Fruit and Boy Bitten by a Lizard, where the fruits are in a much better condition, reflecting no doubt Caravaggio’s improved health. The painting also demonstrates the influence of his current master, the Bergamasque Simone Peterzano, in the depiction of the tensed musculature and of the austere Lombard school style in its attention to realistic details.

      Now housed in the Galleria Borghese in Rome, Young Sick Bacchus was among the many works making up the collection of Giuseppe Cesari, one of Caravaggio’s early employers, which was later seized by the art-collector Cardinal-Nephew Scipione Borghese in 1607, together with the Boy Peeling Fruit and Boy with a Basket of Fruit.

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