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Delphi Masters of Art #6
Delphi Complete Works of Caravaggio
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 orderPlease visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting e-Art HighlightsYOUNG SICK BACCHUSBOY WITH A BASKET OF FRUITCARDSHARPSSAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI IN ECSTASYTHE MUSICIANSBACCHUSSAINT CATHERINE OF ALEXANDRIAJUDITH BEHEADING HOLOFERNESNARCISSUSCALLING OF SAINT MATTHEWTHE CRUCIFIXION OF SAINT PETERTHE CONVERSION OF SAINT PAUL ON THE ROAD TO DAMASCUSTHE SUPPER AT EMMAUSAMOR VICTORIOUSJOHN THE BAPTISTENTOMBMENTDAVID WITH THE HEAD OF GOLIATHTHE MARTYRDOM OF SAINT URSULAThe PaintingsTHE COMPLETE PAINTINGSALPHABETICAL LIST OF PAINTINGSThe BiographyBRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF CARAVAGGIO by Ralph N. JamesPlease visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles
329 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 6, 2014
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May 5, 2019
I am loving this series and Caravaggio was indeed a master artist! Some of his works looks so real that it is hard to believe it was only a painting and not the real thing. The colors are so rich and wonderful. Not being an artist, I am only looking with my untrained eye and all I see is perfection! Below from biography at the end which is extremely short but quite interesting. My favorites listed below.
"Caravaggio (Michael Angelo Amerighi da). � b. Caravaggio, in the Milanese, 1569; D. Porto Ercole, 1609; self-taught; p history, genre, fruit and flowers, and portraits. Amerighi was the eon of a mason, and when a boy was employed to prepare the plaster for fresco-paintere in Milan. He learned something from seeing them paint, yet more by painting fruits and flowers from nature. Having, however, a violent temper and strong passions, he often selected subjects for his pictures which admitted of their being expressed; yet if the figures and heads he drew are coarse, they are often surpassingly powerful, and such as produce a strong impression on the mind of the spectator."
"In the midst of his success, Amerighi, having killed a friend in a fit of anger, was obliged to fly to Naples, and thence to Malta, where he was patronised by the Grand-master De Vignacourt, whose portrait he painted twice. He soon, however, quarrelled with one of the knights, who had him thrown into prison. From this Amerighi succeeded in escaping; he fled to Syracuse, and, by way of Messina and Palermo, reached Naples. Having obtained, through the influence of friends, the Pope’s pardon for the manslaughter of his companion, he left Naples for Rome, but was taken prisoner by some Spaniards, in mistake for another person. When set at liberty he found that the boatmen of the felucca, on board of which was his property, were gone, and had taken it with them. He therefore had to continue his journey as best he could, and on arriving at Porto Ercole, owing to the heat and vexation, was taken ill and died."
My favorites -
Saint Catherine of Alexandria
Martha and Mary Magdalene
Saint Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy
Cardsharps
"Caravaggio (Michael Angelo Amerighi da). � b. Caravaggio, in the Milanese, 1569; D. Porto Ercole, 1609; self-taught; p history, genre, fruit and flowers, and portraits. Amerighi was the eon of a mason, and when a boy was employed to prepare the plaster for fresco-paintere in Milan. He learned something from seeing them paint, yet more by painting fruits and flowers from nature. Having, however, a violent temper and strong passions, he often selected subjects for his pictures which admitted of their being expressed; yet if the figures and heads he drew are coarse, they are often surpassingly powerful, and such as produce a strong impression on the mind of the spectator."
"In the midst of his success, Amerighi, having killed a friend in a fit of anger, was obliged to fly to Naples, and thence to Malta, where he was patronised by the Grand-master De Vignacourt, whose portrait he painted twice. He soon, however, quarrelled with one of the knights, who had him thrown into prison. From this Amerighi succeeded in escaping; he fled to Syracuse, and, by way of Messina and Palermo, reached Naples. Having obtained, through the influence of friends, the Pope’s pardon for the manslaughter of his companion, he left Naples for Rome, but was taken prisoner by some Spaniards, in mistake for another person. When set at liberty he found that the boatmen of the felucca, on board of which was his property, were gone, and had taken it with them. He therefore had to continue his journey as best he could, and on arriving at Porto Ercole, owing to the heat and vexation, was taken ill and died."
My favorites -
Saint Catherine of Alexandria
Martha and Mary Magdalene
Saint Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy
Cardsharps
June 27, 2019
Michelangelo Merisi a.k.a.
Nascido perto de Milão e não muito longe da aldeia Caravaggio, filho de Fermo Merisi, Michelangelo formou-se em Milão a partir de 1584 como aprendiz de Simone Peterzano. A data de sua chegada a Roma não está documentada. Em meados da década de 1590, foi levado para a casa do seu patrono, o Cardeal Francesco Maria del Monte, no Palazzo Madama.
Palazzo Madama, Roma
Através de Del Monte, conheceu Vincenzo Giustiniani, outro importante mecenas. Em 1599, Caravaggio recebeu sua primeira comissão pública, a pintura dos retábulos da capela de Contarelli, , seguida das pinturas laterais na capela de Cerasi, .
A partir de 1602/03, foi encarregado de pintar obras para as famÃlias romanas mais importantes, entre as quais os Matteis, os Barberinis e os Borgheses. Em maio de 1606, Caravaggio matou Ranuccio Tomassoni num “dueloâ€� e, em seguida, fugiu para Nápoles. A partir de 1607, permaneceu em Malta, mas foi forçado a fugir da ilha no ano seguinte devido a um conflito e, após uma estadia de um ano na SicÃlia, regressou a Nápoles. Na sua viagem de regresso a Roma, Caravaggio morreu em Porto Ercole a 18 de Julho de 1610.
Mestre do barroco, famoso pelo uso magistral da técnica chiaroscuro produziu, durante a sua curta vida, um número de obras que tiveram um grande impacto na arte europeia.
A Delphi através da Master of Art Series disponibilizou uma vasta colecção de livros e-Art, com fotografias de excelente qualidade e a preços bastante acessÃveis.
Este volume apresenta as obras completas de Caravaggio, 18 delas com uma pequena introdução e alguns factos caricatos, para além de centenas de fotografias e detalhes.
1601, Conversão de São Paulo, Capela Cerasi, Santa Maria del Popolo, Roma
No momento da composição da pintura, Caravaggio estava em competição com Annibale Carracci, que trabalhava no retábulo da mesma capela. Curiosamente, Caravaggio dá à extremidade traseira do cavalo um lugar de destaque em A Conversão de São Paulo, parece projectar-se do lado esquerdo da imagem, directamente orientada para a Assunção da Virgem Maria de Carracci, que estava, e continua ainda hoje, imediatamente ao seu lado.
No final há uma pequena biografia que não traz nada de novo.
Obras favoritas?!
As últimas que vi, não há imagem/fotografia/reprodução que lhes faça justiça. Ver os originais de Caravaggio é um momento único e inesquecÃvel.
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Nascido perto de Milão e não muito longe da aldeia Caravaggio, filho de Fermo Merisi, Michelangelo formou-se em Milão a partir de 1584 como aprendiz de Simone Peterzano. A data de sua chegada a Roma não está documentada. Em meados da década de 1590, foi levado para a casa do seu patrono, o Cardeal Francesco Maria del Monte, no Palazzo Madama.
Palazzo Madama, Roma
Através de Del Monte, conheceu Vincenzo Giustiniani, outro importante mecenas. Em 1599, Caravaggio recebeu sua primeira comissão pública, a pintura dos retábulos da capela de Contarelli, , seguida das pinturas laterais na capela de Cerasi, .
A partir de 1602/03, foi encarregado de pintar obras para as famÃlias romanas mais importantes, entre as quais os Matteis, os Barberinis e os Borgheses. Em maio de 1606, Caravaggio matou Ranuccio Tomassoni num “dueloâ€� e, em seguida, fugiu para Nápoles. A partir de 1607, permaneceu em Malta, mas foi forçado a fugir da ilha no ano seguinte devido a um conflito e, após uma estadia de um ano na SicÃlia, regressou a Nápoles. Na sua viagem de regresso a Roma, Caravaggio morreu em Porto Ercole a 18 de Julho de 1610.
Mestre do barroco, famoso pelo uso magistral da técnica chiaroscuro produziu, durante a sua curta vida, um número de obras que tiveram um grande impacto na arte europeia.
A Delphi através da Master of Art Series disponibilizou uma vasta colecção de livros e-Art, com fotografias de excelente qualidade e a preços bastante acessÃveis.
Este volume apresenta as obras completas de Caravaggio, 18 delas com uma pequena introdução e alguns factos caricatos, para além de centenas de fotografias e detalhes.
1601, Conversão de São Paulo, Capela Cerasi, Santa Maria del Popolo, Roma
No momento da composição da pintura, Caravaggio estava em competição com Annibale Carracci, que trabalhava no retábulo da mesma capela. Curiosamente, Caravaggio dá à extremidade traseira do cavalo um lugar de destaque em A Conversão de São Paulo, parece projectar-se do lado esquerdo da imagem, directamente orientada para a Assunção da Virgem Maria de Carracci, que estava, e continua ainda hoje, imediatamente ao seu lado.
No final há uma pequena biografia que não traz nada de novo.
Obras favoritas?!
As últimas que vi, não há imagem/fotografia/reprodução que lhes faça justiça. Ver os originais de Caravaggio é um momento único e inesquecÃvel.
Coisas encontradas por aÃ:
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June 27, 2018
This sort of feels like a book that was thrown together on the cheap, but I did enjoy reading it and looking at Caravaggio’s impressive paintings.
July 4, 2019
A good book to start with if you’re interested in Caravaggio. It has the paintings with some explanation and then some more painting in the form of a catalog. In the last part there’s a very short and pretty useless biography.
For a better understanding of Caravaggio, I would recommend continuing with the books of Andrew Graham Dixon, Peter Robb, and Francine Prose.
For a better understanding of Caravaggio, I would recommend continuing with the books of Andrew Graham Dixon, Peter Robb, and Francine Prose.
December 31, 2016
YES and NO
Pics were great, but the bio ....not so much. Some of the other works in the series have numerous bios, but not so for Caravaggio, I guess.
Pics were great, but the bio ....not so much. Some of the other works in the series have numerous bios, but not so for Caravaggio, I guess.
August 2, 2019
This short book lists all of Caravaggio's paintings and where they are exhibited. It has illustrations of each of the paintings and explanations about each. A good companion to visiting the museums with those paintings.
June 4, 2020
Always a fan.
I have been appreciated of Caravaggio for quite a while and his work is is extremely extensive but he does return to the same themes again and again maybe trying to improve it or better himself.
I have been appreciated of Caravaggio for quite a while and his work is is extremely extensive but he does return to the same themes again and again maybe trying to improve it or better himself.
October 19, 2017
A good introduction to the works of Caravaggio. Illustrations of his known works. I begin to have a perspective on the man and what he tried to convey with his work.
November 1, 2017
Full review to come on The Seventeenth Century Lady.
March 14, 2021
Caravaggio a great artist!
This has the complete works of Caravaggio. His painting style was dark and very detailed. You can feel the realism and energy in his paintings.
This has the complete works of Caravaggio. His painting style was dark and very detailed. You can feel the realism and energy in his paintings.
August 9, 2021
beautiful masterpiece
October 29, 2016
Informative with helpful illustrations.
I enjoyed the personal insights essential to any good biography. The book also does a nice job of cataloguing the artist's work.
I enjoyed the personal insights essential to any good biography. The book also does a nice job of cataloguing the artist's work.
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