{"product_id":"9783836579780","title":"Caravaggio","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA painter ahead of his time: Rebellious art from the Baroque age\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Notorious bad boy of Italian Baroque painting, \u003cb\u003eCaravaggio\u003c\/b\u003e (1571–1610) is finally getting the recognition he deserves. Though his name may be familiar to all of us, his work had been habitually detested and forced into obscurity. Not only was his theatrical realism unfashionable in his time, but his sacrilegious subject matter and use of lower-class models were violently scorned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCaravaggio’s great work had the misfortune of enduring centuries of disrepute. It wasn’t until the end of the 19th century that he was rediscovered and, quite posthumously, deemed a great master. He is \u003cb\u003enow considered the most important painter of the early Baroque period\u003c\/b\u003e ; without him there would have been no Ribera, Zurbarán, Velázquez, Vermeer or Georges de La Tour. Frans Hals, Rembrandt, Delacroix, and Manet would have been different.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this \u003cb\u003eanniversary edition\u003c\/b\u003e you’ll find over 50 of Caravaggio’s best paintings; \u003cb\u003ewe think you’ll agree that he was a genius beyond his time.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout the Series:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach book in TASCHEN’s Basic Art Series features:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003ea detailed chronological summary of the life and oeuvre of the artist, covering his or her cultural and historical importance\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ea concise biography\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eapproximately 100 colour illustrations with explanatory captions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Taschen America, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47020683493616,"sku":"9783836579780","price":14.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9783836579780_p0.jpg?v=1763759225","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9783836579780","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}