Libros

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 (...)

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio vivió la más oscura y peligrosa vida de entre los grandes maestros de la pintura. Los ambientes deMilán, Roma y Nápoles en los que Caravaggio se movió, y que Andrew Graham-Dixon describe magníficamente en este libro, son los deloscardenales y las prostitutas, los (...)