{"product_id":"caravaggio-francine-prose-9780061768903","title":"Caravaggio: Painter of Miracles","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Matching gorgeous prose to gorgeous artworks, Prose responds to each image as a moment of theatrical revelation, sensual or spiritual, and frequently both.\" -- \u003cem\u003eBoston Sunday Globe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eCaravaggio, New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author Francine Prose offers an enthralling account of the life and work of one of the greatest painters of all time. Caravaggio defied the aesthetic conventions of his time; his use of ordinary people, realistically portrayed--street boys, prostitutes, the poor, the aged--was a profound and revolutionary innovation that left its mark on generations of artists. His insistence on painting from nature, on rendering the emotional truth of experience, whether religious or secular, made him an artist who speaks across the centuries to modern day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCalled \"racy, intensely imagined, and highly readable\" by the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review, Caravaggio\u003c\/em\u003e includes eight pages of color illustrations, and is sure to appeal to art enthusiasts interested in one of history's true innovators. \u003cem\u003eCaravaggio\u003c\/em\u003e is part of the \"Eminent Lives\" series from HarperCollins, a selection of biographies by distinguished authors on canonical figures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Francine Prose\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0061768901\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780061768903\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/09\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.19h x 6.77w x 0.42d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/28\/2010 pg. 22","brand":"Francine Prose","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44042669654271,"sku":"9780061768903","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bc26fa70-7c26-49ca-a381-5cd91c41d972.jpg?v=1684962854","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/caravaggio-francine-prose-9780061768903","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}