I, Caravaggio
Paperback 342 pages English Jul 25, 2023
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The famous bi-sexual libertine who would be more at home on Tinder than at a Roman Cathedral, gallivants through the streets like brush strokes to become a Baroque 16th century icon.The year is 1604 and Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio is a superstar, his blockbuster paintings packing the pews of Rome. Caravaggio should be reveling in prosperity, but the artistic trailblazer and nefarious street-brawler is his own worst enemy. While the genius paints masterpieces, the ruffian in him can't stay out of jail. Caravaggio is a man at existential odds with himself until falling in love with Lena Antognetti, the prostitute modeling his newest Virgin pictures. Caravaggio paints Lena into a life of wealth and celebrity, but the power couple's provocative fame earns them a horde of resentful and jealous enemies. I, Caravaggio dramatizes the superstar's psychological unraveling under the sexual and political pressures of the Catholic Reformation.
- Author:
- Eugenio Volpe
- Publisher:
- Clash Books
- Publication Date:
- Jul 25, 2023
- Number of pages:
- 342 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 1955904758
- ISBN-13:
- 9781955904759