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OverviewIn this highly original study Troy Thomas examines Caravaggio's life and art in relation to his most profound achievement: the creation of modernity. He focuses on the inherent tensions, contradictions and ambiguities in Caravaggio's art – key areas often ignored by other experts. Structured thematically and chronologically, the book begins with an in-depth look at the artist's early life and works, which establish and refine his realism, his dark settings and his subtle and clever ambiguity of genre and meaning. It describes his mature religious works that eschew the theatrical stock poses and expressions of previous art. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Troy ThomasPublisher: Reaktion Books Imprint: Reaktion Books Dimensions: Width: 13.80cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.60cm ISBN: 9781789148701ISBN 10: 1789148707 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 01 June 2024 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Forthcoming Availability: Not yet available  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Early Life: Milan-Rome, 1571-99 2 The Modern Art Market; Early Patronage 3 Early Roman Works, c. 1592-9 4 A Stark Reality: Life and Mature Roman Works, 1599-1606 5 The Divine and the Human 6 Ambiguity 7 Oppositional Meanings 8 The Social Embedded in the Religious 9 The Created Personas of the Self-portraits 10 Scepticism, Eroticism, Irony, Wit 11 Darkness and Light 12 The Science of Art 13 The Religious Orders 14 The Reception of Caravaggio’s Art 15 Life in Southern Italy, 1606-10 16 Reconciliation and Spirituality 17 Late Works, 1606-10 Conclusion: Caravaggio and the Creation of Modernity References Select Bibliography Acknowledgements Photo Acknowledgements IndexReviews"""This book is carefully designed as a forceful and concise statement on the artist's innovations. . . . There's much more to say about this excellent book and Thomas offers daring interpretations on almost every page. . . . Moments such as these underline both Thomas's skill as a historian and Caravaggio's towering genius.""-- ""PopMatters"" ""This is not a typical chronological overview of the artist's life or a catalog of his works. Rather, the book is thematically conceived: seventeen brief chapters (plus an introduction and conclusion) group Caravaggio's works by time and place while emphasizing broad themes such as spirituality, ambiguity, darkness and light, reception, and other relevant topics. This clever format allows Troy to continually circle back to previously discussed paintings but under different terms. Also valuable are the images of works by other artists, presented along with those of Caravaggio's paintings, which allow the reader examine the artist in relation to his peers. Overall, this affordable book is a fitting complement to more traditional studies; it will help the reader better understand Caravaggio's importance to artistic modernity and the history of art in general. Recommended.""-- ""Choice"" ""This richly illustrated volume, organized both chronologically and thematically, is a comprehensive examination of the life and career of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio [who] is often celebrated for his use of realism and tenebrism. However, this book has effectively demonstrated that one must look beyond heightened naturalism and pronounced chiaroscuro to fully appreciate the ground-breaking work that Caravaggio produced during his short and turbulent career. Highlighting compositional opposition and ambiguity in Caravaggio's work has allowed Thomas to shed light on the artist's ingenuity and sustained influence. This book is both well written and well documented, and is an excellent read for those looking to broaden their understanding of Michelangelo Merisi as a man, as a master painter, and a revolutionary whose personal manner of making intellectually and sensually engaging art helped lay the foundation for painting in the modern age.""--Jennifer Strtak, Yale University ""Renaissance and Reformation"" ""Thomas is at his best when emphasizing Caravaggio's artifice, the extent to which he went beyond the mere transcription of nature, and in analyzing the ways in which his works provoked an unprecedented visual and intellectual engagement with the viewer. . . . His discussion of the art market and of Caravaggio's role in cultivating a new audience of private collectors in Rome, who prized artistic freedom, novelty, and sophistication, is also valuable.""-- ""Sixteenth Century Journal"" ""Thomas presents an insightful, well written overview of the life and art of this fascinating painter. His examination of Caravaggio's radical style, eccentric persona, and ambiguous religious works against the background of cultural developments during the Counter-Reformation provides a fresh view of the artist's originality and continuing influence.""--Wendy Wassyng Roworth, professor emerita of art history, University of Rhode Island ""Thomas's excellent new book on Caravaggio is well-informed, well considered. . . . Thomas leads us through a succinct but, nonetheless, comprehensive review of Caravaggio's career and critical reception, so much so that even readers who are new to Caravaggio studies will in the end find they have acquired a satisfyingly adequate introduction to the artist's life and production. Thomas is a master in compacting much information in relatively few pages and throughout, whatever the topic, demonstrates that he is absolutely and securely current on the vast Caravaggio bibliography, which is no small compliment to pay a scholar. . . . In addition to the intellectual satisfaction afforded by the book, there is the visual delight of its abundant and excellent color photography. . . . Thomas's [book] deserves our attention, our respect, and our compliments for it invites us, indeed enables us, to see and understand Caravaggio effectively from a truly different and enlightening perspective, in a way few books on the artist do. . . . It distinguishes itself from among the scores of new books, scholarly or otherwise, that have been published in recent years on Caravaggio.""--Franco Mormando, Boston College ""Religion and the Arts""" Author InformationTroy Thomas is associate professor of humanities and art history at The Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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