Caravaggio

by Stefano Zuffi

Caravaggio Zuffi, Stefano

Genres: Art, Biography

62 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

Stefano Zuffi (Milano, 24 maggio 1961) è uno storico dell'arte italiano.

Laureato alla Statale di Milano, è autore di numerosi volumi di divulgazione culturale, legati alla storia dell'arte soprattutto rinascimentale e barocca. Consulente editoriale per la casa editrice Electa, è stato responsabile di alcune collane di successo al grande pubblico, come gli Artbook e, dal 2002, I dizionari dell'arte.

Tra le sue pubblicazioni, una monografia su Dürer, Il Grande Atlante della Pittura (Electa) e il saggio Rinascimento (Mondadori): tradotte in più lingue, hanno raggiunto una tiratura di oltre un milione e mezzo di copie vendute in tutto il mondo.

Ha partecipato alla trasmissione Riguardiamoli condotta da Salvatore Maria Fares su RETEDUE della Radio Svizzera Italiana, curando una rubrica dedicata all' arte e alle mostre.

Ricopre l'incarico di responsabile culturale dell'Associazione Amici di Brera ed è presidente dell'Associazione Amici del Poldi Pezzoli.

È inoltre curatore della Pinacoteca Podesti di Ancona.

Reviews

[Tanis · Rating 1 out of 5]

I like Caravaggio but there is no saving this little guide. Its so badly done, all the most interesting pictures are spread across two pages so you lose most of them in the fold, unless you crack the spine and even then its hard to see the full picture. The text is even worse, full of typos and grammatical errors, but so badly written whole pages make no sense. I found I was re-reading something for sense on every page and in the end gave up to skim read which was less painful.

If that wasn't bad enough the interpretations of elements of the paintings were gibberish.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Just skimmed through- though the photos and illustrations were great, and even though many enlargements of details were included — it was still too small for me. I know this was just to be a quick highlights type book - and as that it succeeds

['Aussie Rick' · Rating 3 out of 5]

The main reason why I purchased this book was to assist me in viewing this artist's complete works when reading other mainstream books about Caravaggio, namely: 'Caravaggio: A Passionate Life' and 'M' - both excellent books. The colour plates were lovely and each had detailed text to assist you in your studies of his work. This is a nice and easy to read guide book to this artists beautiful work. The narrative provides enough detail about Caravaggio's life and work to give you the basic idea but do not expect a detailed account, you will have to look elsewhere. Overall this a quick reference guide and is well worth a look.

[Suzan Poisner · Rating 4 out of 5]

An early example of the anguished artist. It is amazing how widespread his impact on artistic style was for having only lived 38 years...38 years filled with rage and anguish.