CARAVAGGIO/ A LIFE SACRED AND PROFANE

Andrew Graham-Dixon delves into the original Italian sources, presenting fresh details about Caravaggio's sex life, his many crimes and public brawls, and the most convincing account yet published of the painter's tragic death at the age of thirty-eight. With illu minating readings of Caravaggio's infamous religious paintings, which often depict prostitutes and poor people, Graham-Dixon immerse s readers in the world of Italy at the height of the Counter-Reformation and creates a masterful profile of the mercurial painter's life and w...[Read more]