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Palazzo Casati Stampa via Torino 61, 20123 Milano Tel 02 72444.1 Fax 02 72444211 e-mail: [email protected] Advance Information Caravaggio’s Rome 1600-1630 Edited by Rossella Vodret The works of Caravaggio and his followers and contemporaries in early 17th-century Rome. Caravaggio was an unquestioned genius who eclipsed all other artists of his time. But just who were these fellow travellers? Bringing together 200 works from world collections, Caravaggio’s Rome is the first work to reconstruct the connective tissue of the Eternal City where the great genius lived and worked. In the vibrant and exhilarating years of the reassertion of Catholic Papacy after the Lutheran scare, celebrated in the Holy Year 1600, Rome became the cultural capital of Europe, drawing in thousands of artists from Italy (Caravaggio among them) and also from other great European nations: Spain, France, Germany, the Netherlands. In the period 1595-1635, Rome was characterized by a creative ferment which may be considered to mark the beginning of truly European art. Yet to be studied in sufficient depth, the city at the time was a crucible in which artists of different backgrounds, cultures and tongues worked side by side exchanging techniques, stimuli, experiences, styles and iconographies. In the space of a few years, they swept away the late Mannerist stereotypes and ushered in the most extraordinary artistic rebirth ever witnessed in Rome. The results would be felt all over Europe throughout the seventieth century. The catalogue relates this poorly known story to a broad audience, rendering justice and visibility to talented artists who had the ‘misfortune’ of living in Rome in the early decades of the sixteen hundreds and have languished into modern times in the shadow of the incredibly popular Caravaggio. Key Selling Points • Works by artists from Italy, Spain, France, Germany, the Netherlands such as Annibale Carracci, Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschi, Carlo Saraceni, Bartolomeo Manfredi, Pieter Paul Rubens, Valentin de Boulogne, Nicolas Tournier, Pedro Nuñez del Valle, Louis Finson, Jusepe de Ribera, Simon Vouet, Dirck van Baburen. • 200 paintings from world collections. • The book is also the catalogue of an exhibition in Rome, Palazzo delle Esposizioni (11 November 2011 – 18 March 2012) that will be travelling to Washington, the National Gallery, in 2014. Author Rossella Vodret is Director of the Polo Museale of Rome. Skira editore Distributed by Thames & Hudson Thames & Hudson Ltd Littlehampton Book Services Faraday Close – Durrington Worthing, West Sussex BN13 3RB Customer Services Tel: 01903 828501 Direct Orders Tel: 01903 828511 Fax: 01903 828801/02 Provisional Publication October 2012 All information is provisional and subject to change Extent 904 pages Size 9 1/2 x 11’’ (24 x 28 cm) Illustrations 562 colour Binding Paperback – 2 volumes in slipcase Price £ 58.00 ISBN 978-88-572-1387-3
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Palazzo Casati Stampavia Torino 61, 20123 MilanoTel 02 72444.1 Fax 02 72444211e-mail: [email protected]
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Caravaggio’s Rome1600-1630Edited by Rossella Vodret
The works of Caravaggio and his followers and contemporaries in early 17th-centuryRome.
Caravaggio was an unquestioned genius who eclipsed all other artists of his time.But just who were these fellow travellers? Bringing together 200 works from worldcollections, Caravaggio’s Rome is the first work to reconstruct the connective tissue ofthe Eternal City where the great genius lived and worked. In the vibrant and exhilarating years of the reassertion of Catholic Papacy after theLutheran scare, celebrated in the Holy Year 1600, Rome became the cultural capitalof Europe, drawing in thousands of artists from Italy (Caravaggio among them) andalso from other great European nations: Spain, France, Germany, the Netherlands.In the period 1595-1635, Rome was characterized by a creative ferment which maybe considered to mark the beginning of truly European art. Yet to be studied in sufficient depth, the city at the time was a crucible in whichartists of different backgrounds, cultures and tongues worked side by sideexchanging techniques, stimuli, experiences, styles and iconographies. In the spaceof a few years, they swept away the late Mannerist stereotypes and ushered in themost extraordinary artistic rebirth ever witnessed in Rome. The results would be feltall over Europe throughout the seventieth century. The catalogue relates this poorly known story to a broad audience, rendering justiceand visibility to talented artists who had the ‘misfortune’ of living in Rome in the early decades of the sixteen hundreds and have languished into modern timesin the shadow of the incredibly popular Caravaggio.
Key Selling Points• Works by artists from Italy, Spain, France, Germany, the Netherlands such as
Annibale Carracci, Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschi, Carlo Saraceni, BartolomeoManfredi, Pieter Paul Rubens, Valentin de Boulogne, Nicolas Tournier, PedroNuñez del Valle, Louis Finson, Jusepe de Ribera, Simon Vouet, Dirck vanBaburen.
• 200 paintings from world collections.• The book is also the catalogue of an exhibition in Rome, Palazzo delle Esposizioni
(11 November 2011 – 18 March 2012) that will be travelling to Washington, the National Gallery, in 2014.
AuthorRossella Vodret is Director of the Polo Museale of Rome.
Skira editore Distributed by Thames & Hudson
Thames & Hudson LtdLittlehampton Book ServicesFaraday Close – DurringtonWorthing, West Sussex BN13 3RBCustomer Services Tel: 01903 828501Direct Orders Tel: 01903 828511Fax: 01903 828801/02
Provisional PublicationOctober 2012
All information is provisional and subject to change
Extent
904 pages
Size
91/2 x 11’’ (24 x 28 cm)
Illustrations
562 colour
Binding
Paperback – 2 volumes in slipcase
Price
£ 58.00
ISBN 978-88-572-1387-3
