Caravaggio
by Christopher Peachment
- Used
- good
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0330487329
- ISBN 13
- 9780330487320
- Seller
-
Wamuran, Queensland, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
In good condition - ex library - has markings from use - due to differing weights on books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.
Peachment's imagined Caravaggio, while still a child, overhears his parents discussing one of his sketches, and realizes 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, while still a child, overhears his parents discussing one of his sketches, and realizes 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.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Seller
- DASHbooks (AU)
- Seller's Inventory #
- DASHbooks117
- Title
- Caravaggio
- Author
- Christopher Peachment
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0330487329
- ISBN 13
- 9780330487320
- Publisher
- Picador
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- christopher peachment, caravaggio, mystery novel, humour, talent, map, genius, rage, murder, art, confession,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mystery; Novel; Humour; Historical; Art History;
Terms of Sale
DASHbooks
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
DASHbooks
Biblio member since 2018
Wamuran, Queensland
About DASHbooks
Online shopping store created with an innate love of reading, includes World War II, Self Help, Cookery and more...please browse at your leisure and if anything catches your eye...purchase with customer satisfaction...
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...