Caravaggio's Cardsharps - Trickery and Illusion (Paperback, New)

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.

General

Imprint:	Yale University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Kimbell Masterpiece Series
Release date:	November 2012
First published:	December 2012
Authors:	Helen Langdon
Dimensions:	235 x 196 x 8mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	86
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-300-18510-2
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 1600 to 1800 > Baroque art Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Individual artists > General Promotions
LSN:	0-300-18510-3
Barcode:	9780300185102

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