M: The Caravaggio Enigma: Reissued - Softcover

Robb, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1408819899 ISBN 13: 9781408819890

Publisher: Bloomsbury Paperbacks, 2011

Synopsis

M is the name of an enigma. In his short and violent life, Michaelangelo Merisi, from Caravaggio, changed art for ever. In the process he laid bare his own sexual longing and the brutal realities of his life with shocking frankness. Like no painter before him and few since, M the man appears in his art. As a book about art and life and how they connect, there has never been anything quite like it.

About this title

Review:

'A great read; it grabs, it kicks, it lives...Feel the force of Caravaggio's cutting edge' (Guardian)

'Written in a vehemently passionate and colloquial style, M is an abrasive, flawed, idiosyncratic book, but it is full of energy' (Daily Telegraph)

'A grand passion ... Wonderful art criticism' (Allison Pearson)

'A terrific book, a fantastically easy read' (Tony Parsons)

Book Description:

The controversial, ground-breaking biography of Caravaggio

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1408819899
• ISBN 13: 9781408819890
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 592