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Caravaggio: A Novel
Peachment's imagined Caravaggio, while still a child, overhears his parents discussing one of his sketches, and realises he has a talent which sets him apart from the world. He leaves family and home for ever to map out a solitary traveller's life.
Caravaggio became a revolutionary of his time, a rebellious and dangerous man to know, a man governed by his genius, his indiscriminate sexual appetite and his murderous rage. He was sought far and wide in the late-Renaissance world for his art. And there was a price on his head for at least one murder.
This is Caravaggio's confession, told in humorous, blasphemous, often brutal prose, which cleverly beguiles the reader into understanding the art that was so celebrated and the life that caused so much outrage.
Peachment's imagined Caravaggio is a gripping story of one man's determination to grapple with the truth as he journeys through Rome, Naples, Malta and Sicily, encounters lovers and enemies, endures madness, exile and imprisonment, and faces a final showdown with the Vatican Secret Service. His account is poignant and spirited. It is an adventurous and thoroughly enthralling insight into the mind and underbelly of a creative genius and the violent world which inspired his paintings.
Caravaggio became a revolutionary of his time, a rebellious and dangerous man to know, a man governed by his genius, his indiscriminate sexual appetite and his murderous rage. He was sought far and wide in the late-Renaissance world for his art. And there was a price on his head for at least one murder.
This is Caravaggio's confession, told in humorous, blasphemous, often brutal prose, which cleverly beguiles the reader into understanding the art that was so celebrated and the life that caused so much outrage.
Peachment's imagined Caravaggio is a gripping story of one man's determination to grapple with the truth as he journeys through Rome, Naples, Malta and Sicily, encounters lovers and enemies, endures madness, exile and imprisonment, and faces a final showdown with the Vatican Secret Service. His account is poignant and spirited. It is an adventurous and thoroughly enthralling insight into the mind and underbelly of a creative genius and the violent world which inspired his paintings.
296 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2002
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Christopher Peachment
3 books3 followersChristopher Peachment was born in West Sussex, England, in 1948. He worked as a stage manager at the Royal Court and many other theatres in England before turning to journalism including work as an art critic. In the 1980s, he was a film editor for Time Out magazine in London, later becoming Deputy Literary Editor and Arts Editor for The (London) Times. He was the author of Caravaggio and The Green and the Gold. He lived in Hoxton, London. He died in January 2023.
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November 15, 2019
I've always loved Caravaggio above all the other painters active around the end of the 1500s and Christopher Peachment's reimagining of his short and wild life was a very compelling read for me.
Told in the first person by the painter himself, the book touches upon all the main events in Caravaggio's life - from his endless wandering from one place to another, to the creation of his masterpieces which are described in depth. Caravaggio's inner voice is brutal and often blasphemous but has an undertone of self-deprecating mockery that made him quite endearing to me. His obsession for the portrayal of 'life and nothing but' in his works becomes an incessant quest for the right sliver of light, the right face, the right shadow.
Art and life get entangled and feed off each other - Caravaggio's taste for drinking, gay sex, whoring and brawling are not just a backdrop to his work as a painter but provide him with motives, models and ideas.
Peachment mixes up Caravaggio's story with some intrusions of modernity (e.g. the painter enters Rome from Cinecittà or mentions Federico Fellini amongst his acquaintances, etc.). Although slightly bizarre at first, I came to enjoy this aspect of the book. I thought it fitted nicely with the inner modernity expressed by Caravaggio's paintings - he was way ahead of his time so ahead, in fact, that I had no problems in figuring him discussing the use of light and shadows with Fellini while having a cigarette and an espresso. Furthermore, the narrating voice often catches himself telling lies or manipulating and filtering the events recounted so some of the things he says should be taken with a pinch of salt. This slight unreliability is what makes the book even more readable and fascinating.
If you're after total historical accuracy, though, you should choose a traditional biography of the painter and not this book.
Seven Works of Mercy, Church of Pio Monte della Misericordia, Naples
Told in the first person by the painter himself, the book touches upon all the main events in Caravaggio's life - from his endless wandering from one place to another, to the creation of his masterpieces which are described in depth. Caravaggio's inner voice is brutal and often blasphemous but has an undertone of self-deprecating mockery that made him quite endearing to me. His obsession for the portrayal of 'life and nothing but' in his works becomes an incessant quest for the right sliver of light, the right face, the right shadow.
Art and life get entangled and feed off each other - Caravaggio's taste for drinking, gay sex, whoring and brawling are not just a backdrop to his work as a painter but provide him with motives, models and ideas.
Peachment mixes up Caravaggio's story with some intrusions of modernity (e.g. the painter enters Rome from Cinecittà or mentions Federico Fellini amongst his acquaintances, etc.). Although slightly bizarre at first, I came to enjoy this aspect of the book. I thought it fitted nicely with the inner modernity expressed by Caravaggio's paintings - he was way ahead of his time so ahead, in fact, that I had no problems in figuring him discussing the use of light and shadows with Fellini while having a cigarette and an espresso. Furthermore, the narrating voice often catches himself telling lies or manipulating and filtering the events recounted so some of the things he says should be taken with a pinch of salt. This slight unreliability is what makes the book even more readable and fascinating.
If you're after total historical accuracy, though, you should choose a traditional biography of the painter and not this book.
Seven Works of Mercy, Church of Pio Monte della Misericordia, Naples
December 21, 2014
Christopher Peachment has Caravaggio tell his life story himself with a wry sense of humour. His chapter about the Knights of Malta is particularly brilliant. As I had read two other biographies of Caravaggio I recognised the events and paintings which added to my enjoyment. I saw the Beheading of St John in Malta in the cathedral which was breath taking and got me interested in this painter and his works in the first place. When visiting the Rijksmuseum recently I was amazed how many Dutch masters were influenced by Caravaggio's style.
March 17, 2010
Okay, so my senior year of high school I took AP Art History, and learned about this artist called Caravaggio. The guy was the perfect definition of a BAMF, hanging around with thugs and whores, killing people, being sent to jail on a weekly basis, and at the same time painting pretty pictures for Il Papa and his buddies. Not that his paintings were completely perfect, as they were rejected more than once, making him repeat the operation or just firing him altogether. Still, he kept being hired and hired, that is, until he killed somebody in some sort of disagreement concerning a tennis match and the Pope put a price on his head. Then it was time for Carrie to leave town and run away to Malta, where he was made a Knight--that is, until he pissed off the leader of the Order and had to go on the run again. I always felt it was a tad unfair and unbecoming that he ended up dying of a yellow fever and not theatrically, like the paintings he created. As you can guess, Caravaggio was quite the character; I fervently believe that he has come back from the beyond and is now speaking through Christopher Peachment.
The way this man has captured Caravaggio's character is absolutely unbelievable. I can't even begin to describe it. Just read:
Or:
I am swooning.
The way this man has captured Caravaggio's character is absolutely unbelievable. I can't even begin to describe it. Just read:
Wariness is like a disfiguring disease. I even love Judas more than St Thomas. I have painted both of them but Judas is my favoured one. Wary, doubting Thomas I showed shoving his finger into Christ's wound like an impotent dotard fingering a whore's gulley. But Judas I gloried in. I used an old man as a model for Judas, a man with a face mottled from too much drink. I always got into trouble for that; for using common people as models. They, the priests and my patrons, told me it was profane. Hah. Of course it was profane. That's the point.
Or:
There was Palermo, the capital of the island to the north-west. Or there was Messina to the north-east, a bigger town than Palermo strangely enough, for it was a thriving seaport, and the nearest one to the mainland of Italy, which was just a short stone's throw over the Straits of Messina. Men have even talked of building a bridge over the straits, though none can do it yet, for they have not the means. It would be the longest in the world, I think. Men have certainly swum it, though the currents can be treacherous.
You can see from my description that I chose Messina first. Really it was a toss-up. In fact quite literally a toss-up, for I was so much indifferent that I threw a coin in the air and it came down heads, which meant Palermo.
So I went to Messina instead, because I'm fucked if I am going to be ruled by superstition.
I am swooning.
February 24, 2020
Highly enjoyable, best read with an iPad within reach to look up the paintings!
June 12, 2025
This book is brilliant -- sharp, witty, and disturbing. It imagines how Caravaggio might have told his own story, and using a voice filled with honest wit, the narrative portrays an unapologetic, arrogant, and troubled artist. I came away with a clearer sense of the man behind the paintings, and a deeper appreciation for his work. It’s been a while since a book scratched that great-book itch, and this one did. It's one of my favorite reads this year.
February 10, 2019
The reader is given early clues as to what might lie ahead in this historical novel. One is reminded that this Caravaggio is the author's creation, a life given, anew, to a historical figure. One part of the warning comes in an epigraph to the book drawn from Anthony Burgess:
The virtue of a historical novel is its vice-- the flatfooted assertion of possibility as fact.
This warning is seconded by author Christopher Peachment: "Author's Note: There is an inaccuracy in the very first sentence of this book, and many more thereafter." Tellingly, that first sentence reads, "I, Caravaggio, did this."
As drawn by the author, there is much to dislike about his Caravaggio: he is foul-mouthed, blasphemous, and given to rages. He spends much of his time drinking, brawling, and having sex with men, women, and young boys. (There is also mention of a group exercise that includes a donkey.) He is a murderer who flees Rome to escape a death sentence from the Pope. He is also compulsive about his painting, losing himself in his artistic endeavors. The term "madman" is applied to him, sometimes by himself.
The story is set against the confused political situation of a time when Spain and France were competing to have dominance in the affairs of the areas than now comprise Italy. Also, the Inquisition was operating as a murderous threat to all. This Caravaggio finds himself enmeshed in all of these aspects of his times.
The author names many of the artist's most famous works, providing stories as to how the paintings came to be. Many of the early works were done for the Church, but the artist later discovered the market possibilities that rich, private patrons provided.
Peachment does an excellent job of building a suspenseful atmosphere when that is required by the story. The reader may feel a degree of sympathy for the artist at some of these moments.
I first read Peachment's The Green and the Gold, a later historical novel featuring poet Andrew Marvell during the English Civil War. The man and the story in that book proved compelling. The experience led me to try Caravaggio, but in comparison, this book is far less engaging. It is a bit too sordid a book for me to urge friends to read.
The virtue of a historical novel is its vice-- the flatfooted assertion of possibility as fact.
This warning is seconded by author Christopher Peachment: "Author's Note: There is an inaccuracy in the very first sentence of this book, and many more thereafter." Tellingly, that first sentence reads, "I, Caravaggio, did this."
As drawn by the author, there is much to dislike about his Caravaggio: he is foul-mouthed, blasphemous, and given to rages. He spends much of his time drinking, brawling, and having sex with men, women, and young boys. (There is also mention of a group exercise that includes a donkey.) He is a murderer who flees Rome to escape a death sentence from the Pope. He is also compulsive about his painting, losing himself in his artistic endeavors. The term "madman" is applied to him, sometimes by himself.
The story is set against the confused political situation of a time when Spain and France were competing to have dominance in the affairs of the areas than now comprise Italy. Also, the Inquisition was operating as a murderous threat to all. This Caravaggio finds himself enmeshed in all of these aspects of his times.
The author names many of the artist's most famous works, providing stories as to how the paintings came to be. Many of the early works were done for the Church, but the artist later discovered the market possibilities that rich, private patrons provided.
Peachment does an excellent job of building a suspenseful atmosphere when that is required by the story. The reader may feel a degree of sympathy for the artist at some of these moments.
I first read Peachment's The Green and the Gold, a later historical novel featuring poet Andrew Marvell during the English Civil War. The man and the story in that book proved compelling. The experience led me to try Caravaggio, but in comparison, this book is far less engaging. It is a bit too sordid a book for me to urge friends to read.
September 13, 2019
I was hoping to learn new aspects of the painter's life, and now feel annoyed having read such rubbish. Everything about it is wrong.
The syntax is out of time and place, caravaggio's psychology and reasons all out of context, with too much perspective from the 20th century and sectarian protestant miopic empathy. It's show's more about the writer's view of world than the uneducated, local painter who stumbled from crises to crises in his life, unable to express himself with civility but found painting to release the burden of humanity and low birth, which he struggled with.
The author writing- hate about Papists (protestant vocabulary which would not been in caravaggio's world); hate of jesuits though it was the Dominicans who were in charge of the inquisition; hate of the Vatican when it was the whole world to caravaggio; sympathy for Huguenots events in northern Europe to which caravaggio would have no understanding of; Insulting and sodomistic reasons to compositions in caravaggio's paintings; even the light is interpret in the same manner. Rather than explaining Caravaggios' all too familiar life being in one prison or another. He would have been inspired by the light that streams through the cell bars to illuminate the darkness,etc.
Then on top is the lazy dribble of all sodomistic, whoring and pseudo pleasure the author has seen fit to awash everyone in caravaggio's world.
There is plenty more to point out about this book. I'm still annoyed having wasted reading it till the end, hoping to find caravaggio that never surfaced.
The syntax is out of time and place, caravaggio's psychology and reasons all out of context, with too much perspective from the 20th century and sectarian protestant miopic empathy. It's show's more about the writer's view of world than the uneducated, local painter who stumbled from crises to crises in his life, unable to express himself with civility but found painting to release the burden of humanity and low birth, which he struggled with.
The author writing- hate about Papists (protestant vocabulary which would not been in caravaggio's world); hate of jesuits though it was the Dominicans who were in charge of the inquisition; hate of the Vatican when it was the whole world to caravaggio; sympathy for Huguenots events in northern Europe to which caravaggio would have no understanding of; Insulting and sodomistic reasons to compositions in caravaggio's paintings; even the light is interpret in the same manner. Rather than explaining Caravaggios' all too familiar life being in one prison or another. He would have been inspired by the light that streams through the cell bars to illuminate the darkness,etc.
Then on top is the lazy dribble of all sodomistic, whoring and pseudo pleasure the author has seen fit to awash everyone in caravaggio's world.
There is plenty more to point out about this book. I'm still annoyed having wasted reading it till the end, hoping to find caravaggio that never surfaced.
February 7, 2018
O dearie me! What a disappointment this was! Caravaggio's vivid life provides the canvas & parchment over which Peachment splatters his verbal paint & ink, with ridiculous anachronisms & lots of gratuitous buggery & violence. How did this messy stain of a novel ever get published?! Two stars...but only for the anti-Vatican, anti- Jesuit vitriol...close to my heretical heart! Caravaggio will paint over this daub...with his genius!
December 23, 2024
I don’t know really what to think of this book.
It was an interesting story, and I liked the references to Caravaggio paintings and stuff, but it felt a bit choppy and Caravaggio seemed more like an edgy 13 year old boy rather than an interesting character.
Might re-read again to see if I like it more
It was an interesting story, and I liked the references to Caravaggio paintings and stuff, but it felt a bit choppy and Caravaggio seemed more like an edgy 13 year old boy rather than an interesting character.
Might re-read again to see if I like it more
January 27, 2025
Come for the paintings, stay for the sword fight. The repetition and sometimes digression are pleasant enough to be a feature rather than an error.
March 17, 2021
What a life he lived! Didn’t particularly like the man but liked his art. Great insights to his paintings. He was a real bad boy.
July 12, 2016
Caravaggio as he well might well have been: this fictionalised autobiography really does sound like it could be the real voice of the Renaissance painter. His opinions and attitudes come over authentically, or (at least) in line with what I already knew of the man and his turbulent world. How he might have seen the world and the people around him is (for the most) plausible.
The book is not for the squeamish, but then neither was Caravaggio's life. A man of strong views and even stronger beliefs in his own talent, the novel - yes, it is a novel and does not pretend to be otherwise - leads the reader through a life that does not conform to the conventional in almost any way. His contempt for "normal" life and the rules of society or religion, even for other people, comes out clearly to provide a portrait of the artist as reprobate, rejoicing in his dissolute life. Caravaggio comes to life - and it's not a very "nice" life, either, and here are the gory details!
For those who, like me, do not have a great knowledge of the artist's work, you really do need a live Internet connection! I certainly found it helpful to be able to look at the various works described in the story and to look at the details described: one of the strengths of the novel is to put the paintings into the context of the "autobiography" and I enjoyed rediscovering the images in the light of the interpretations in the novel.
The book is an excellent read with fluent and colourful writing. Convincing imagination fills in the gaps in what we know and linking to Caravaggio's works to produce a coherent and convincing whole. With the caution noted above - it is a "no holds barred" description of an unruly life - it is a good, if not amazing, read.
And now for some nit-picking. Peachment for the most part finds a convincing and authentic voice. He takes liberties which I can pardon just because they feel alright and help the novel's flow. But he also, rather too often, goes too far and the idea jars. Just two examples: I cannot get my brain around Caravaggio sitting down outside a bar in the piazza and having an espresso and a cigarette. The scene - of how to make a painting more "interesting" and the inspiration gleaned from watching workmen replacing the cobbled paving of the square - is a wonderful insight into the artist's thinking. The idea of providing additional "interest" through incongruity through a modern image feels lazy compared with the shock achieved by the inclusion of "a mighty arse" in the Burial of St Lucy (see wikimedia image for example).
My second example is Caravaggio reading a report of his death in a two day old newspaper. A powerful scene was undermined by an unnecessary cliché.
As I said, nits. Overall this is a great read in spite of its few weaknesses.
The book is not for the squeamish, but then neither was Caravaggio's life. A man of strong views and even stronger beliefs in his own talent, the novel - yes, it is a novel and does not pretend to be otherwise - leads the reader through a life that does not conform to the conventional in almost any way. His contempt for "normal" life and the rules of society or religion, even for other people, comes out clearly to provide a portrait of the artist as reprobate, rejoicing in his dissolute life. Caravaggio comes to life - and it's not a very "nice" life, either, and here are the gory details!
For those who, like me, do not have a great knowledge of the artist's work, you really do need a live Internet connection! I certainly found it helpful to be able to look at the various works described in the story and to look at the details described: one of the strengths of the novel is to put the paintings into the context of the "autobiography" and I enjoyed rediscovering the images in the light of the interpretations in the novel.
The book is an excellent read with fluent and colourful writing. Convincing imagination fills in the gaps in what we know and linking to Caravaggio's works to produce a coherent and convincing whole. With the caution noted above - it is a "no holds barred" description of an unruly life - it is a good, if not amazing, read.
And now for some nit-picking. Peachment for the most part finds a convincing and authentic voice. He takes liberties which I can pardon just because they feel alright and help the novel's flow. But he also, rather too often, goes too far and the idea jars. Just two examples: I cannot get my brain around Caravaggio sitting down outside a bar in the piazza and having an espresso and a cigarette. The scene - of how to make a painting more "interesting" and the inspiration gleaned from watching workmen replacing the cobbled paving of the square - is a wonderful insight into the artist's thinking. The idea of providing additional "interest" through incongruity through a modern image feels lazy compared with the shock achieved by the inclusion of "a mighty arse" in the Burial of St Lucy (see wikimedia image for example).
My second example is Caravaggio reading a report of his death in a two day old newspaper. A powerful scene was undermined by an unnecessary cliché.
As I said, nits. Overall this is a great read in spite of its few weaknesses.
March 26, 2012
Caravaggio a novel By Christopher Peachment
The A Novel bit in the title is the essential
starting point of this book, this is no straight
biography or art history book, no this is a
imagining of a deathbed confessional
autobiography of Caravaggio.
It tells his life story as an artist first person
reverie style as he goes over all the men he has
fought with who he has has painted for who he
killed and who he fucked or buggered all the
while he is incredibly rude about the Spanish
inquisition and the hypocrisy of the pope as
those around him chase and hound him to his early
death. And of course as he paints his incredible
masterpieces and who hired him to do what.
This book is a great way to have Caravaggios art
explained and being able to remember seeing many
of the paintings he describes is even better as
know I now more about the regular characters that
crop up of Fillide and the old man etc.
This is a great book for anyone who wants to find
out more about Caravaggio. Or who likes some good
art history novels with loads of sex and blood
and guts involved. Not for the homophobic of
course, or anyone who thinks the Church is a pure
and innocent institution.
The A Novel bit in the title is the essential
starting point of this book, this is no straight
biography or art history book, no this is a
imagining of a deathbed confessional
autobiography of Caravaggio.
It tells his life story as an artist first person
reverie style as he goes over all the men he has
fought with who he has has painted for who he
killed and who he fucked or buggered all the
while he is incredibly rude about the Spanish
inquisition and the hypocrisy of the pope as
those around him chase and hound him to his early
death. And of course as he paints his incredible
masterpieces and who hired him to do what.
This book is a great way to have Caravaggios art
explained and being able to remember seeing many
of the paintings he describes is even better as
know I now more about the regular characters that
crop up of Fillide and the old man etc.
This is a great book for anyone who wants to find
out more about Caravaggio. Or who likes some good
art history novels with loads of sex and blood
and guts involved. Not for the homophobic of
course, or anyone who thinks the Church is a pure
and innocent institution.
October 18, 2025
PSA: I am not a seasoned reader or great at articulating my thoughts. This is just my opinion. Love what you love!
It had been a couple years since I read this book, but only recently got a Goodreads account. I am just writing this based on my memory of my initial read through.
I got this book when I went to London, England in 2005 and picked it up in the National Gallery's gift shop. I read it on the airplane back to Canada. There are a lot of good memories associated around this book and how I procured it. My background and university education is in Art History with a focus on Baroque. Carravaggio is my favourite painter, I even have his signature tattooed on my neck, so I am more than a little biased.
This book is not historical as much as a fictional retelling of his story. Of course, Caravaggio was a disturbed person and made a lot of mistakes. He was deeply flawed and some of his antics were almost comical. Still, he was a brilliant artist and his story is interesting. I loved how his story was played out and have fond memories of the book. Maybe one day I will re-read it now I am older and see if it still holds up.
It had been a couple years since I read this book, but only recently got a Goodreads account. I am just writing this based on my memory of my initial read through.
I got this book when I went to London, England in 2005 and picked it up in the National Gallery's gift shop. I read it on the airplane back to Canada. There are a lot of good memories associated around this book and how I procured it. My background and university education is in Art History with a focus on Baroque. Carravaggio is my favourite painter, I even have his signature tattooed on my neck, so I am more than a little biased.
This book is not historical as much as a fictional retelling of his story. Of course, Caravaggio was a disturbed person and made a lot of mistakes. He was deeply flawed and some of his antics were almost comical. Still, he was a brilliant artist and his story is interesting. I loved how his story was played out and have fond memories of the book. Maybe one day I will re-read it now I am older and see if it still holds up.
June 16, 2014
A enjoy reading books about artists because they always seem to have a very “original” kind of life. And with Caravaggio, you can add many more adjectives: dangerous, debauched, adventurous, wicked, violent,…
The author´s prose is very direct and crude, but quite fascinating, for it seems to adjust perfectly to Caravaggio´s way of life. In the beginning of the seventeenth century, he was one of the most coveted artist´s in Italy, but his 3 favourite activities – drinking, whoring and brawling – got him into trouble with the Pope and Caravaggio was forced to flee from Rome. He travelled to Naples, Malta, Sicily but, everywhere he went, he just couldn´t keep himself from disaster. So his final fate wasn´t a surprise…
Besides giving a very vivid image of Caravaggio´s life, Christopher Peachment describes the creative process behind some of the artist´s most famous paintings. He enhances details that, at first glance, you might never have noticed, so it was fun going through my art books and discovering the jokes that Caravaggio left there. He was a true prankster!
The author´s prose is very direct and crude, but quite fascinating, for it seems to adjust perfectly to Caravaggio´s way of life. In the beginning of the seventeenth century, he was one of the most coveted artist´s in Italy, but his 3 favourite activities – drinking, whoring and brawling – got him into trouble with the Pope and Caravaggio was forced to flee from Rome. He travelled to Naples, Malta, Sicily but, everywhere he went, he just couldn´t keep himself from disaster. So his final fate wasn´t a surprise…
Besides giving a very vivid image of Caravaggio´s life, Christopher Peachment describes the creative process behind some of the artist´s most famous paintings. He enhances details that, at first glance, you might never have noticed, so it was fun going through my art books and discovering the jokes that Caravaggio left there. He was a true prankster!
July 28, 2017
Versione romanzata della vita di Caravaggio, narrata dallo stesso pittore in prima persona.
Il tentativo di modernizzazione del linguaggio non sempre risulta azzeccato, ma contribuisce a trasmettere in modo efficace il temperamento, l'irriverenza e spesso anche il senso dell'umorismo di Caravaggio.
Interessanti (anche se probabilmente non veritiere) le descrizioni delle origini delle sue opere più importanti.
Il tentativo di modernizzazione del linguaggio non sempre risulta azzeccato, ma contribuisce a trasmettere in modo efficace il temperamento, l'irriverenza e spesso anche il senso dell'umorismo di Caravaggio.
Interessanti (anche se probabilmente non veritiere) le descrizioni delle origini delle sue opere più importanti.
May 24, 2008
Historical autobiographical fiction. Romantic recreation of the life of Michelangelo Merisi, known as Caravaggio, told in the first person.
July 16, 2008
Not for the faint hearted. He was a bad, bad, boy, and a true painter.
April 23, 2010
Caravaggio was not an easy man to know or like. According to both this novel and the biographical information I've read, he was pretty self-destructive, but his paintings are wonderful.
July 31, 2019
Read this when i was about 12, i blame Parchment for my love of trashy, over sexed and completely innacurate period drama!
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