Books : Caravaggio: A Life

Rating: - An interesting read into his life
This is a very well-written book about the life and times of Caravaggio, paying a considerable amount of attention towards even the smallest details. Although I did find this book paid more attention towards what happened in his life as opposed to his paintings, this is a biography and not an art book. Although the level of detail is astounding and anybody looking into Caravaggio should consider this book an absolute must.

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Rating: - Interesting read
This is a good read - both for students of art history and for the more casual reader interested in the rugged and unusual life of an art superstar. I would have preferred a few more illustrations and Langdon's editor could have helped her out more with her sentence construction - she can sometimes be a little ambiguous due to clumsy phrasing. But overall an interesting, readable and not too 'high brow' work.

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Rating: - An excellent biography of Caravaggio
I enjoyed reading this book immensely. Caravaggio's life was an exciting roller coaster of intrigue and adventure and the author has managed to convey this throughout the book. The history is very well researched and written with a good level of detail.

One useful aspect of the book is that it is small enough to be carried onto a plane which is unusual for a book about art and being a frequent traveller I read this book while travelling.

On the other hand the illustrations are rather poor. Most of the painting's are only shown in black and white. The colour pages are grouped together in 3 sets and this means that you nedd to keep flipping through the pages to refer to the painting that you are reading about.They are also rather small.

In summary, a great biography.