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"Matching gorgeous prose to gorgeous artworks, Prose responds to each image as a moment of theatrical revelation, sensual or spiritual, and frequently both." -- Boston Sunday Globe

In Caravaggio, New York Times bestselling author Francine Prose offers an enthralling account of the life and work of one of the greatest painters of all time. Called "racy, intensely imagined, and highly readable" by the New York Times Book Review, Caravaggio includes eight pages of color illustrations, and is sure to appeal to art enthusiasts interested in one of history's true innovators. Caravaggio is part of the "Eminent Lives" series from Harper Collins, a selection of biographies by distinguished authors on canonical figures.

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"Fine biography--and a study of why revolutionary art can be reviled in its own time and revered in another."--Kirkus Reviews

"Tautly written and insightful."--Seattle Times

"Matching gorgeous prose to gorgeous artworks, Prose responds to each image as a moment of theatrical revelation, sensual or spiritual."--Boston Sunday Globe

"Prose's concentrated interpretation... clearly and descriptively explicates the pioneering painter's unique perception of the miraculous in everyday life."--Booklist

"In this engaging and informative short biography . . . Prose vividly brings [Caravaggio's] paintings to life."--Los Angeles Times Book Review

"Racy, intensely imagined, and highly readable . . . Prose brings to Caravaggio a fresh and unflinching eye."--New York Times Book Review

"Combines astute examination of his work with just a plain good yarn about a street tough who painted transcendent pictures."--Entertainment Weekly

"Elegant . . . [Prose] fills out the intrigue of Caravaggio's own life and writes terrifically about the paintings."--Hartford Courant

"Everything a casual reader needs to know about flamboyant Baroque artist Caravaggio... Makes you want to go to the museum."--U.S. News & World Report
About the Author:

Francine Prose is the author of twenty-one works of fiction, including Mister Monkey; the New York Times bestseller Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932; A Changed Man, which won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize; and Blue Angel, a finalist for the National Book Award. Her works of nonfiction include Anne Frank: The Book, The Life, The Afterlife, and the New York Times bestseller Reading Like a Writer. The recipient of numerous grants and honors, including a Guggenheim, a Fulbright, and a Director's Fellow at the Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library, she is a former president of PEN American Center and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She lives in New York City.

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  • PublisherHarperPerennial
  • Publication date2010
  • ISBN 10 0061768901
  • ISBN 13 9780061768903
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages160
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