Caravaggio's Life and Works

Caravaggio Annotated Bibliography
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Caravaggio Annotated Bibliography
Bal, M. (2001). Quoting Caravaggio: Contemporary art, preposterous history. University of Chicago Press.
The source is a textbook written by Mieke Bal, a Dutch cultural theorist, video artist, and Professor Emerita in Literary Theory at the University of Amsterdam. The author's main aim in writing this text was not about Caravaggio but the issue of temporarily in art. The text is targeted at a broader audience who are interested in understanding contemporary art. The author evaluates the productive relationship between Caravaggio and many other late twentieth-century artists who quote the painter in their works. Among the artists that the author covers include Andres Serrano, Ken Aptekar, and David Reed. In each chapter, the author quotes Caravaggio in a way that contributes to modern art and the source from which it is obtained. By collecting the views of the different authors on Caravaggio's works, the source provides significant insights on the type of painter that Caravaggio was and the immense influence he had in the painting industry.
Ebert-Schifferer, S. (2012). Caravaggio: The Artist and His Work. Getty Publications.
The book was written by Sybille Ebert-Stiffener, a sixteenth and seventeenth-century Italian art scholar who has also authored several books, essays, and exhibition catalogs. It is targeted at the broader audience who wish to understand more about Caravaggio and his works. Ebert-Schifferer interacted with several other sources, and hence his analysis of Caravaggio and his artworks are based on extensive knowledge and experience. The author talks about Caravaggio's naturalism and emotionalism of his paintings that he introduced in the late sixteenth century in Rome. The author takes a Fresh look at Caravaggio and his works and unravels many other traits that were hidden from the public about the artist. The author's information in the text adds significant insights into understanding Caravaggio's works. The author assesses Caravaggio's life more critically, providing a more unbiased review of his works, which also explains the nature of his paintings.
Keizer, J. (2021). Near Painting: Caravaggio, Beuys, and Unformed Style. 21: Inquiries into Art, History, and the Visual, 2(3), 77-114.
This source is an article written by Joost Keizer, an Assistant Professor in the history of art at Yale. It is targeted at art and history scholars as well as the general population who wish to understand the evolution of the painting procedure. The author is a historian of p...