Portland Public Library

Caravaggio & his followers in Rome, David Franklin & Sebastian Schütze

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-332) and index

illustrations

index present

non fiction

Caravaggio & his followers in Rome

bibliographycatalogs

670481383

David Franklin & Sebastian Schütze

"The Italian artist Caravaggio (1571-1610) had a profound impact on a wide range of baroque painters of Italian, French, Dutch, Flemish, and Spanish origin who resided in Rome either during his lifetime or immediately afterward. This captivating book illustrates the notion of "Caravaggism," showcasing 65 works by Peter Paul Rubens and other important artists of the period who drew inspiration from Caravaggio. Also depicted are Caravaggio canvases that fully exhibit his distinctive style, along with ones that had a particularly discernible impact on other practitioners. Caravaggio's influence was greatest in Rome, where his works were seen by the largest and most international group of artists, and was at its peak in the early decades of the 17th century both before and after his untimely death at the age of 39. Not since Michelangelo or Raphael has one European artist affected so many of his contemporaries and over such broad geographic territory. Essays by an array of major Caravaggio scholars illuminate the underlying principles of the exhibit, reveal how Caravaggio altered the presentation and interpretation of many traditional subjects and inspired unusual new ones, and explore the artist's legacy and how he irrevocably changed the course of painting."--Publisher's description

Essays. The public Caravaggio -- Caravaggism in Europe: a planetary system and its gravitational laws -- Caravaggio's Roman collectors -- Notes on Caravaggio's early followers recorded in Roman parish registers from 1600 to 1630 -- Notes toward a Caravaggisti pictorial poetics -- Catalogue sections. "You know that I love you" : music and youth in Caravaggio -- The fortune teller -- The cardsharps -- Staging religious history for collectors and connoisseurs

Caravaggio and his followers in Rome