Caravaggio in Context - Learned Naturalism and Renaissance Humanism (Paperback, illustrated edition)

Italian painter Caravaggio was recognized by his contemporaries as a dedicated practitioner of il naturalismo and a learned painter. His use of the chiaroscuro technique was skilled and his subject matter, still lifes and genre paintings, was unique. Through detailed analysis of works from Caravaggio's early Roman period, 1594-1602, this study places his art in a humanistic context, making it an expression of ""learned naturalism,"" a procedure committed to a close study of the phenomenal world and corresponding to contemporary ventures into empirical science. The work grounds Caravaggio's artistic techniques in cultural context and situates his subject matter within the interest of his patrons, influential Romans whose tastes reflected current Renaissance interests in humanistic studies, emblematic literature, and classical lore. The end result is to show an artist who was thoroughly grounded in the humanist milieu of his erudite patrons. Sources include writings addressing art's instructive purposes and the classical literary sources commonly manipulated in Caravaggio's time. The work is illustrated with Caravaggio's works as well as related images.

General

Imprint:	McFarland & Company
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2005
First published:	October 2004
Authors:	John F. Moffatt
Dimensions:	179 x 255 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	268
Edition:	illustrated edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-7864-1959-3
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > 1400 to 1600 > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Painting & paintings > General
LSN:	0-7864-1959-8
Barcode:	9780786419593

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