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Un genio más allá de su tiempoEl chico malo de la pintura del Barroco italiano, Caravaggio (1571-1610), finalmente está logrando el reconocimiento que merece. Aunque su nombre es familiar para todos, su trabajo habitualmente ha sido detestado y relegado a la oscuridad. No sólo su tétrico realismo (...)

La figura de Caravaggio (1571-1610), o para ser exactos, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, siempre estuvo rodeada de controversia. El notorio rebelde de la pintura italiana fue a la vez alabado y temido: era colérico y creativo, un artista revolucionario y una persona combativa.Este libro ofrece (...)

Caravaggio's sojourn on the island of Malta in 1607-08 is one of the most fascinating episodes in Baroque art. The painter had committed a murder in Rome in May 1606 and subsequently fled to Naples, where he soon became well-known for his gritty, naturalistic altarpieces. Suddenly, in the early (...)

The painter Carl Haag (1820-1915) gained acclaim for his colorful scenes of the Orient and true-to-life portraits, in which Nubian slaves, Arabian camel drivers or Egyptian snake charmers enliven the visual topography. After attending art school in Nuremberg, the son of a baker advanced to become a (...)

Tra le più affascinanti scoperte nella storia dell'arte e caso inedito nella storia critica di Caravaggio, sulla cui produzione raramente gli studiosi hanno espresso un parere unanime, l'Ecce Homo rappresenta uno straordinario dipinto, che ha subito attirato su di sé un'attenzione incredibile e (...)

In 2021, a painting was offered at a Madrid auction houses at a starting price of 1,500 euros. Almost immediately and almost unanimously, this Ecce Homo was attributed by experts to Caravaggio (1571-1610), an unprecedented event in the critical history of the painter.This publication comprises (...)