Caravaggio (Life & Times) - Hardcover

"The scholarship is not just sound, but is up to date and rich, adding pertinent bibliography from other disciplines. The book's main strength is in Varriano's level-headed approach to his subject and his careful, thoughtful, hard look at the images."

"[If] the reader is in search of an incisive and well-grounded reassessment of the nature of Caravaggio's revolutionary 'realism, ' they should read John Varriano's engaging study . . . which cogently unpacks the various ways in which Caravaggio must have worked to orchestrate his riveting imagery."--John Gash, The Burlington Magazine

"The scholarship is not just sound, but is up to date and rich, adding pertinent bibliography from other disciplines. The book's main strength is in Varriano's levelheaded approach to his subject and his careful, thoughtful, hard look at the images."--Richard Spear, University of Maryland

"The book does an excellent job of looking closely at the paintings, getting us to think about them in new and interesting ways. . . . The degree to which the author will stimulate students to look closely at the pictures is very considerable."--David Stone, University of Delaware

[If] the reader is in search of an incisive and well-grounded reassessment of the nature of Caravaggio s revolutionary realism, they should read John Varriano s engaging study . . . which cogently unpacks the various ways in which Caravaggio must have worked to orchestrate his riveting imagery. John Gash, The Burlington Magazine"

The scholarship is not just sound, but is up to date and rich, adding pertinent bibliography from other disciplines. The book s main strength is in Varriano s levelheaded approach to his subject and his careful, thoughtful, hard look at the images. Richard Spear, University of Maryland"

The book does an excellent job of looking closely at the paintings, getting us to think about them in new and interesting ways. . . . The degree to which the author will stimulate students to look closely at the pictures is very considerable. David Stone, University of Delaware"

"The scholarship is not just sound, but is up to date and rich, adding pertinent bibliography from other disciplines. The book's main strength is in Varriano's levelheaded approach to his subject and his careful, thoughtful, hard look at the images."

--Richard Spear, University of Maryland

"The book does an excellent job of looking closely at the paintings, getting us to think about them in new and interesting ways. . . . The degree to which the author will stimulate students to look closely at the pictures is very considerable."

--David Stone, University of Delaware

"[If] the reader is in search of an incisive and well-grounded reassessment of the nature of Caravaggio's revolutionary 'realism, ' they should read John Varriano's engaging study . . . which cogently unpacks the various ways in which Caravaggio must have worked to orchestrate his riveting imagery."

--John Gash, The Burlington Magazine

John Varriano is Idella Plimpton Kendall Professor of Art History at Mount Holyoke College. He is the author of Italian Baroque and Rococo Architecture (1986), Rome, A Literary Companion (1991), and numerous articles and exhibition catalogues on early modern Italian art.