Caravaggio
A Art, Art History, Fiction book. And David and Goliath I have done before, but this time there is a difference. David holds the head at...
Peachment's imagined Caravaggio, while still a child, overhears his parents discussing one of his sketches, and realises he has a talent which sets him apart from the world. He leaves family and home forever 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. His name 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 is a gripping story of one man's determination to grapple with the truth as he journeys through Rome, Naples, Malta and Sicily, encounters lovers and enemies, endures madness, exile and imprisonment, and faces a final showdown with the...
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- Filetype: PDF
- Pages: 296 pages
- ISBN: 9780330487320 / 330487329
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And David and Goliath I have done before, but this time there is a difference. David holds the head at arm's length and looks disgusted. And onto Goliath's severed head, I put my own features. The head hangs in darkness so that the black hair and beard framing the face blend off into the shadows, and there are four thin ropes of dark blood trailing down into space from the neck. And in one eye of the freshly severed head, there is still the faint glimmer of life. That's me and that's the last painting I ever did. Spectator, viewer, audience, however... Perhaps this is the basis of friendships, I do not know. Each man seeks in another that part of himself which is missing. Thus do people make themselves more whole. Christopher Peachment, Caravaggio //
At first I thought, what a fun way to learn some history while reading a novel with action, some raunch and other fun, but alas, it didn't carry me through. The narrator is not actually likeable, and at some point his views and the resulting actions were just enough. I didn't finish the book and don't feel I missed out. Versione romanzata della vita di Caravaggio, narrata dallo stesso pittore in prima persona.Il tentativo di modernizzazione del linguaggio non sempre risulta azzeccato, ma contribuisce a trasmettere in modo efficace il temperamento, l'irriverenza e spesso anche il senso dell'umorismo di Caravaggio.Interessanti (anche se probabilmente... Read this when i was about 12, i blame Parchment for my love of trashy, over sexed and completely innacurate period drama!
