Lives of Caravaggio
Giulio Mancini, Giovanni Baglione, and Giovanni Pietro Bellori
The most notorious Italian painter of his day, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610) forever altered the course of Western painting with his artistic ingenuity and audacity. This volume presents the most important early biographies of his life: an account by his doctor, Giulio Mancini; another by one of his artistic rivals, Giovanni Baglione; and a later profile by Giovanni Pietro Bellori that demonstrates how Caravaggio’s impact was felt in seventeenth-century Italy. Together, these accounts have provided almost everything that is known of this enigmatic figure.
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4 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches
40 color and 1 b/w illustrations
ISBN 978-1-60606-622-5
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Imprint: J. Paul Getty Museum
Series: Lives of the Artists
2019
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Giulio Mancini, Giovanni Baglione, and Giovanni Pietro Bellori
The most notorious Italian painter of his day, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610) forever altered the course of Western painting with his artistic ingenuity and audacity. This volume presents the most important early biographies of his life: an account by his doctor, Giulio Mancini; another by one of his artistic rivals, Giovanni Baglione; and a later profile by Giovanni Pietro Bellori that demonstrates how Caravaggio’s impact was felt in seventeenth-century Italy. Together, these accounts have provided almost everything that is known of this enigmatic figure.
Additional titles in this series.
4 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches
40 color and 1 b/w illustrations
ISBN 978-1-60606-622-5
paperback
Getty Publications
Imprint: J. Paul Getty Museum
Series: Lives of the Artists
2019
