Caravaggio

by Trewin Copplestone

Any appreciation of art must rest finally on the art itself -- the painting, the fresco, the mosaic -- and these monographs have been edited and designed with this, after all irrefutable, concept in mind. The works of great artists as well as those works which came from the great schools and movements in art are presented as things in themselves, to be enjoyed simply for what they are -- masterpieces in colour. Each volume contains twelve colour paintings selected for their individual beauty as well as for their value and importance in the development of the particular artist or art...