CARAVAGGIO TO MATTIA PRETI

The title Caravaggio to Mattia Preti aptly provides the parameters that span seventeenth century baroque painting in Malta. Caravagg io's move to Malta in 1607 opened this magnificent chapter in Maltese art, to which the island responded with extraordinary artistic foresight. Malta offered Caravaggio security, but more importantly it offered him the opportunity to redeem himself. This book disc usses the work of the major artists who painted on the island during the seventeenth century and analyses the context in which they were prod...[Read more]