Caravaggio s Cardsharps.- Langdon, Helen

Kimbell Art Museum. null 24 cm. 74 pages : illustrations. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Idioma Inglés. trickery and illusion /. Kimbell masterpiece series. The Cardsharps, one of the paintings that launched Caravaggio s spectacular career in Rome, captured the turbulent social reality of the city in the 1590s. This early masterpiece not only documented one of the everyday activities of Rome s citizens, but its vivid, lifelike style also opened the door to a revolutionary naturalism that would spread throughout Europe. Helen Langdon, the scholar whose illuminating Caravaggio: A Life became a best-seller, returns to her subject and his milieu in this new, richly illustrated volume. She sets Caravaggio s Cardsharps within the context of contemporaneous literature, art theory, and theater and incorporates new archival research to enliven our understanding of the painter s time, place, and contemporaries. By fully analyzing one of Caravaggio s most daringly novel works, Langdon demonstrates the significant influence he had on the future of European art --. Includes bibliographical references (pages 70-73) . ISBN: 2012017919; 9780300185102 (pbk.)