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40 Years of TASCHEN
Since we started our work as cultural archaeologists in 1980, TASCHEN has become synonymous with accessible publishing, helping bookworms around the world curate their own library of art, anthropology, and aphrodisia. In 2020, we celebrated 40 years of incredible books by staying true to our company credo.
The 40th Edition presents new editions of some of the stars of our program—now more compact and still realized with the same commitment to impeccable production.
A Revolution in Painting
Notorious bad boy of Italian painting, Caravaggio is now considered one of the greatest influences in all art history. This neat catalogue raisonné reproduces all of Caravaggio’s paintings as well as a number of dramatic details of his boundary-breaking realism. Five accompanying chapters trace Caravaggio’s artistic daring and his equally dramatic life.
The mysterious genius who transformed European art
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Caravaggio, or more accurately Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610), was always a name to be reckoned with. Notorious bad boy of Italian painting, the artist was at once celebrated and controversial: violent in temper, precise in technique, a creative master, and a man on the run. Today, he is considered one of the greatest influences in all art history. | This edition offers a neat and comprehensive Caravaggio catalogue raisonné. Each of his paintings is reproduced from recent top-quality photography, allowing for a vivid encounter with the artist’s ingenious repertoire of looks and gestures, as well as numerous detail shots of his boundary-breaking naturalism. | Five accompanying chapters trace the complete arc of Caravaggio’s career from his first public commissions in Rome through to his growing celebrity status and trace his tempestuous personal life, in which drama loomed as prominently as in his canvases. |
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“This book is an artwork unto itself―perfect for Italian Renaissance aficionados.” ―
Die Welt“The reproductions are excellent, the details often breathtakingly vivid…” ―
The Royal Academy MagazineBiografía del autor
Sebastian Schütze was a longtime research fellow at the Bibliotheca Hertziana (Max Planck Institute for Art History) in Rome. He is a member of the academic board of the Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici in Naples, and a member of the Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. From 2003 to 2009 he held the Bader Chair in Southern Baroque Art at Queen’s University in Kingston. In 2009 he was appointed professor of early modern art history at Vienna University.
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