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050	0	0	_aND623.C26 _bS65 2001
082	1		_aREF 759.54 CAR _2
100	1		_aSpike, John T.
245	1	0	_aCaravaggio _c/ John T. Spike ; with the assistance of Michèle K. Spike
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York _b: Abbeville Press _c, c2001
300			_a272 p. _b: illus. _c; 34 cm.
500			_aThe CD with this book is not yet available.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aEvery extant work by Caravaggio is reproduced in color in this lavish newly updated volume, the long-awaited result of more than 20 years of research by a leading authority on the artist. In an engaging and informed text, John T. Spike explores in detail Caravaggio's scandalous life and provocative work. Placing Caravaggio within the broad panorama of society and ideas at the turn of the 17th century, the author sets a richly detailed stage for an artist who has been called "the first modern painter." Caravaggio (1571-1610) reflected in his canvases his own desires and spiritual crises to an extent no one ever had imagined possible, and he shocked his contemporaries by portraying the saints and virgins of Christianity with the faces and bodies of his companions and lovers in Rome's demimonde. Accompanying the book is a critical catalog on CD-ROM in which all of Caravaggio's extant paintings, as well as lost and rejected works, are thoroughly described. Each entry specifies the work's medium, dimensions, location, and provenance, and provides an annotated bibliography of sources. Most of the entries conclude with a brief technical analysis. Much of this scientific data, of prime importance for attribution and dating, has not previously been published. With its fresh insights, as well as judicious readings of the documents and the physical evidence of the paintings themselves, Caravaggio is the most thorough study on the artist to date, and it will no doubt remain a definitive monograph for many years to come. This revised edition includes a new preface and updated bibliography.
546			_aEnglish.
600	1	4	_aCaravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da _d(, 1573-1610)
650		4	_aPainters, Italian _v--Biography
700	1		_aSpike, Michèle K.
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