Caravaggio's Cardsharps: Trickery and Illusion

(Part of the Kimbell Masterpiece Series Series)

by Helen Langdon

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The Cardsharps, one of the paintings that launched Caravaggio's spectacular career in Rome, captured the turbulent social reality of the city in the 1590s. This early masterpiece not only documented one of the everyday activities of Rome's citizens, but its vivid, lifelike style also opened the door to a revolutionary naturalism that would spread throughout Europe.

Helen Langdon, the scholar whose illuminating Caravaggio: A Life...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0300185103

ISBN13:9780300185102

Release Date:January 2012

Publisher:Kimbell Art Museum

Length:80 Pages

Weight:1.15 lbs.

Dimensions:0.2" x 7.5" x 9.4"

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Art Arts, Music & Photography

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Caravaggio's Cardsharps: Trickery and Illusion

(Part of the Kimbell Masterpiece Series Series)

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