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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 (...)

Davanti al naturale. Contributi sul movimento caravaggesco a Napoli: Il volume riunisce otto contributi di altrettanti studiosi, specialisti di argomenti relativi al naturalismo caravaggesco a Napoli. Si comincia con la scoperta di nuovi, importanti dipinti di Carlo Sellitto (1581-1614), per (...)

This gorgeously produced monograph focuses on the period during which Giorgio Morandi (1890 1964) developed and refined his investigations of serial, reductive and permutational forms and compositions, a body of work that has had a profound influence on 20th-century contemporary art and painting. (...)

Focusing on one of the lesser known Expressionist artists of the Blue Rider movement, this richly illustrated book presents the colorful paintings of Alexei Jawlensky. Alexei Jawlensky (1864 1941) was Russian, but lived in Germany much of his life and obtained German citizenship in 1934. He was a (...)