卡拉瓦乔，或者更准确来说，米开朗基罗·梅里西·达·卡拉瓦乔（Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio，1571-1610），一直是一个不可忽视的名字。这位艺术家是意大利绘画界臭名昭著的坏孩子，他既出名又有争议：脾气暴躁，技术精湛，是一位创作大师，也是一位逃亡者。现在被认为是艺术史上很有影响力的人。

这本全面的目录极好地再现了卡拉瓦乔的所有画作。每幅画都是根据最近**摄影作品翻印的，大家能够近距离看到卡拉瓦乔所有作品中生动巧妙的表情和姿态，以及细节中打破界限的自然主义。附带的五个章节追溯了卡拉瓦乔职业生涯的完整弧线，从他在罗马接受的首次公开委托到他日益增长的名人地位，并追溯了他戏剧性的生活。

Caravaggio, or more accurately Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610), was always a name to be reckoned with. Notorious bad boy of Italian painting, the artist was at once celebrated and controversial: violent in temper, precise in technique, a creative master, and a man on the run. Today, he is considered one of the greatest influences in all art history.

This edition offers a neat and comprehensive Caravaggio catalogue raisonné. Each of his paintings is reproduced from recent top-

quality photography, allowing for a vivid encounter with the artist's ingenious repertoire of looks and gestures, as well as numerous detail shots of his boundary-breaking naturalism. Five accompanying chapters trace the complete arc of Caravaggio's career from his first public commissions in Rome through to his growing celebrity status and trace his tempestuous personal life, in which drama loomed as prominently as in his canvases.