Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1573–1610)

Attractive and affordable art book with a complete, but concise, life of the artist and plenty of top-notch reproductions of his paintings. My favorites are the Head of the Medusa, Judith & Holophernes, The Vocation of Saint Matthew, The Crucifixion of Saint Peter, Saint Jerome Writing, and The Execution of Saint John the Baptist.

Figura controversa do barroco italiano, morto misteriosamente - a sinopse do livro o compara a Pasolini-, Caravaggio é interessante tanto por sua vida como por sua obra, de admiráveis composições e usos do chiaroscuro, que só agora está tendo o reconhecimento que merece.

The briefist of biographies and the rest is just sumptuous photographs/reproductions.

The works of Italian Baroque painter Michelangelo Merisi (Amerighi) da Caravaggio (29 September 1571 – 18 July 1610). Composite 2 Edition. This is the standard print edition of Book XXXIV in The Zedign Art Series of monographs of the masters, published by The Zedign House. A dedicated webpage of Caravaggio's book and artworks is maintained at https://books.zedign.com/zas/34.html