Caravaggio and the Creation of Modernity

Now in paperback, an accessible and beautifully illustrated account of Caravaggio as a catalyst for modernity.

Undeniably one of the greatest artists of all time, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio would develop a radically new kind of psychologically expressive, realistic art and, in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, would lay the foundations for modern painting. His paintings defied tradition to such a degree that the meaning of his works has divided critics and viewers for centurie...