Caravaggio: Master of Light and Dark--His Life in PaintingsEach volume is a visual resource with over 300 full-color illustrations, telling the story of a single artist with a look at the artist's life, the context in which he worked, and an analysis of his masterpieces. |
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... Cardinal Federico Borromeo Son o on of Count Borromeo ( uncle to St Charles ) and Margherita Trivulzio , Federico initially showed a special liking for military affairs . Soon , however , this youthful passion became secondary to his ...
... Cardinal Federico Borromeo Son o on of Count Borromeo ( uncle to St Charles ) and Margherita Trivulzio , Federico initially showed a special liking for military affairs . Soon , however , this youthful passion became secondary to his ...
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... Cardinal Alessandro Farnese and completed by Michelangelo ( 1546 ) , is one of the most important monuments of 16th - century Roman architecture , which mingles the purest classical motifs and forms with a 15th- century sense of measure ...
... Cardinal Alessandro Farnese and completed by Michelangelo ( 1546 ) , is one of the most important monuments of 16th - century Roman architecture , which mingles the purest classical motifs and forms with a 15th- century sense of measure ...
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... Cardinal Matteo Contarelli , datary of Pope Gregory XIII and cardinal from 1582 , in an engraving of the 14th century . Girolamo Muziano , Raising of Lazarus , c . 1555 , Musei Vaticani , Rome . This painting brought Muziano such ...
... Cardinal Matteo Contarelli , datary of Pope Gregory XIII and cardinal from 1582 , in an engraving of the 14th century . Girolamo Muziano , Raising of Lazarus , c . 1555 , Musei Vaticani , Rome . This painting brought Muziano such ...
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