Bøger af Gilles Lambert

Caravaggio was a force to be reckoned with. Precise in technique, violent in temper, the notorious bad boy of Italian Baroque is now considered one of the greatest artistic influences of all time. This book presents an accessible introduction to the life and times of the dramatic master, exploring Caravaggio's most famous and revolutionary...

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610) was always a name to be reckoned with. Notorious bad boy of the Italian Baroque, the artist was at once celebrated and controversial, violent in temper, precise in technique, a creative master, and a man on the run. Though famed for his dramatic use of color, light, and shadow, it was above all Caravaggio's boundary-breaking naturalism which scorched his name into the annals of art history. From the dirtied soles of feet to the sexualized languor of bare flesh, the artist allowed even sacred and biblical scenes to unfold with a startling, often visceral humanity. This vivid pictorial world was accompanied by an equally intense personal biography, scored by gambling, debts, drunken brawls, and even a murder charge. This book brings together more than 50 of Caravaggio's most famous and revolutionary works to explore how and why this artist is now considered the most important painter of the early Baroque period and one of the defining influences of art history, without whom Ribera, Vermeer, Rembrandt, Delacroix, Courbet, and Manet could never have painted the way they did.

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610) was always a name to be reckoned with. Notorious bad boy of the Italian Baroque, the artist was at once celebrated and controversial, violent in temper, precise in technique, a creative master, and a man on the run. Though famed for his dramatic use of color, light, and shadow, it was above all Caravaggio's boundary-breaking naturalism which scorched his name into the annals of art history. From the dirtied soles of feet to the sexualized languor of bare flesh, the artist allowed even sacred and biblical scenes to unfold with a startling, often visceral humanity. This vivid pictorial world was accompanied by an equally intense personal biography, scored by gambling, debts, drunken brawls, and even a murder charge. This book brings together more than 50 of Caravaggio's most famous and revolutionary works to explore how and why this artist is now considered the most important painter of the early Baroque period and one of the defining influences of art history, without whom Ribera, Vermeer, Rembrandt, Delacroix, Courbet, and Manet could never have painted the way they did.

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610) polarisierte zeit seines Lebens. Als "bad boy" des italienischen Barocks wurde er gefeiert und war zugleich umstritten. Er hatte ein aufbrausendes Temperament und war ein revolutionärer Künstler. Der für seine dramatische Verwendung von Farbe, Licht und Schatten bewunderte Künstler schaffte es vor allem aufgrund eines bahnbrechenden Naturalismus und spektakulärer Bilderfindungen in die Annalen der Kunstgeschichte. Caravaggio ließ selbst biblische Szenen unmittelbar und allzu menschlich wirken. Zu dieser expressiven Bilderwelt passte sein ebenso intensiver Lebensweg voller Spielsucht und Schulden, mit Kneipenschlägereien und sogar einer Mordanklage. Dieses Buch präsentiert Caravaggios berühmteste und revolutionärste Werke. Es geht der Frage nach, warum er heute als einer der wichtigsten Vertreter des frühen Barock gilt und Künstler wie Ribera, Vermeer, Rembrandt, Delacroix, Courbet und Manet maßgeblich beeinflusste.