Caravaggio

Caravaggio was one of the most important Italian painters of the 17th century. He was, in fact, the wellspring of Baroque painting. In Hibbard's words, Caravaggio's paintings "speak to us more personally and more poignantly than any others of the time".

Howard Hibbard (1928-1984) was Professor of Art History at Columbia University. Recognized as an expert of the Italian Baroque, he also wrote on topics such as Caravaggio and Poussin.

Introduction: Early Years in Milan and Rome, I: FINDING THE WAY, 1. Early Secular Paintings, 2. The First Religious Paintings, II: EGREGIUS IN URBE PICTOR, 3. The Contarelli Chapel (I), 4. The Cerasi Chapel, 5. The Contarelli Chapel (II), 6. Michelangelo Merisi and Michelangelo Buonarroti, 7. The Later Roman Paintings, III: THE END OF THE ROAD, 8. Naples and Malta, 9. Sicily, Naples, Death, 10. Afterthoughts