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Description edit
This commanding new biography of Caravaggio illuminates the man who lived the darkest and most dangerous life of any of the great painters. Drawing on fresh and important documentary material and on his own extensive experience as an art critic, popular BBC host Andrew Graham-Dixon has... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Caravaggio: Add a description of this character.
- Cardinal Del Monte
- St Matthew
- Carlo Borromeo
- Mancini
- Michelangelo Merisi
- Giovanni Baglione
- Ranuccio Tomassoni
- Giuseppe Cesari
- Onorio Longhi
- Mary Magdalen
- Colonna
- St John
- Paul
- St Peter
- Vincenzo Giustiniani
- Virgin Mary
- Messina
- Annibale Carracci
- Wignacourt
- Bellori
- Vasari
- David
- Salini
- Lena
- Masetti
- Orazio Gentileschi
- Cecco
- Madonna
- Francis
- Giovan Francesco
- Mario Minniti
- Martha
- Malaspina
Setting & Locations edit
- Malta
- Naples
- Italy
- Milan
- Sicily
- Florence
- Spain
- Syracuse
- Emmaus
- Venice
- Europe
- Lombardy
- Santa Maria
- Titian
- Tuscany
- Giorgione
- Loreto
- Valletta
- Siena
- Modena
- Mantua
- London
- Palermo
- Flight To Egypt
- Sandrart
- Antella
- Palazzo Madama
- Flanders
- Accademia Di San Luca
- Via Della Scrofa
- Islam
- England
- Paravicino
- High Renaissance
- Spampa
- San Luigi Dei Francesi
- Jerusalem
- Amayden
- Antwerp
- Africa
- Vicenza
- Chiaia
- Osteria
- Paris
- Zagarolo
- Sforza
- Tintoretto
Authors & Contributors edit
- Andrew Graham-Dixon (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Allen Lane
Country: Great Britain
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 978-0-393-08149-7
Page Count: 514
Publisher: Allen Lane
Country: Great Britain
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 978-0-393-08149-7
Page Count: 514
Awards edit
- Samuel Johnson Prize (Finalist, 2011: Non-Fiction, Shortlist)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: ND623 C26 G73 2011
- Dewey: 759.5
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