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Showing posts with label Francine Prose. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Francine Prose. Show all posts

Monday, August 23, 2010

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio

The inspiration of Saint Matthew.

Two years ago my good old friend, poet and writer, Reinaldo G. Ramos gave me a book as a present. It was a biography, written in English about the great Italian master Caravaggio by Francine Prose: "Caravaggio: Painter of Miracles". An small format book with a big and original way of getting the juicy new stuff about the artist' life.
Of course; I'm not going to tell...and spoil the potential-reader' excitement.
I saw the painting illustrating this post in this book, then. The main reason I'm talking about this book now, is 'cause it was the first time I saw this art piece in my life. To me it's breathtaking, so strong and so beautiful at the same time. A master piece.