CARAVAGGIO: A PASSIONATE LIFE

Book ID/图书代码： 00530014B73940

English Summary/英文概要： A religious artist who used prostitutes for models, a mystic with a police record, the Pope’s portrait painter and a murderer, having hidden in the Roman hills as an outlaw on the run, Caravaggio joined the Knights of Malta – to be imprisoned in a dungeon for duelling with a fellow knight. Escaping, he was hunted down in a vendetta with an unknown enemy and horribly disfigured by sword cuts in a Neapolitan brothel. Ironically, he died on a lonely Tuscan beach after receiving a pardon. Based on the latest research, written like an adventure story, the book concentrates on the man without neglecting the artist, recreating his life in Baroque Rome and as a ‘monk of war’ in Malta.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 一位曾用妓女作模特儿，有着神秘记录的宗教艺术家，教皇的御用肖像画师，和一个杀人犯，一个藏匿于罗马山上的亡命之徒，卡拉瓦乔曾加入了马耳他的骑士团，而因与一名骑士决斗而被囚禁于地牢。在逃离中，被未知的敌人所追杀，在那不勒斯的妓院遭到了可怕的，剑伤毁容。具有讽刺意味的是，他在受到赦免后，竟死在了托斯卡一处偏僻的海滩上。根据最新的研究，笔者将这部历史人物介绍得如同历险故事一般，本书聚焦了这个男人一生。(Sandy)

Awards/获奖情况：“Seward does a fine job of piercing together circumstantial evidence of the painter’s turbulent life, while skilful juxtaposition of Caravaggiofs personal narrative and art illuminates the origin of his dramatic style.” Kirkus Review

‘a well researched biography of Caravaggio which, in his own words, “uses [the]pictures to peer into his mind.” Aimed at the general reader rather than the specialist, it certainly succeeds … In many ways his treatment is reminiscent, as he admits, of Peter Schaffer’s treatment of Mozart.’ The Art Newspaper

‘Seward’s scholarship is pointed, unpretentious, often amusing … a lively read and a rewarding one.’ Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel

"Desmond Seward has written an indispensable book on Caravaggio - equally balanced and historically double-checked. But even with all its references, dates, names, quotes and careful scholarship, this biography reads like a novel that is impossible to put down ... What Seward does, to riveting perfection, is convey 16th century life to the reader. He takes Caravaggio’s renowned naturalism and shows us where it came from. He transports readers to Rome in the 1590s, where they explore the old stones of the ancient empire, step over the human excrement in the streets, and witness the pageantry of luxurious horse-drawn carriages promenading through the mud. Readers lurk with Seward in the darkness, light lamps and candles, and feel the damp as the Tiber rises, leaving behind more than a thousand corpses when it finally recedes after a terrible flood. They stand in the crowd and watch as the heads and bodies of decapitated criminals are quartered and hoisted on spears and ramparts for display." Peggy Moorman, Amazon.com

About the Author/作者介绍： 德斯蒙德•西沃德的父亲是威廉•埃里克•路易斯•苏华德，曾作为一名一战飞行员的一位法国爱尔兰裔实业家，父亲在巴勒斯坦的这段从军经历，为儿子日后的小说《沙漠雄鹰》提供了文学素材。出生于在巴黎一个历史悠久的波尔多家族的西沃德，在北约克郡的安浦福斯和剑桥的圣凯瑟琳学院受教。西沃德曾撰写过许多关于法国中世纪的历史作品，其发表的关于军事修世会亦被业界认为是这方面的权威之作。西沃德精通法语和意大利语，拉丁语，中世纪英语和诺曼法语。他主要研究国外区域地点的相关原始文献资料，并以此撰写了许多历史有关的书籍。他发表的作品已经被译成十国语言，其中包括希伯来语和日语。

Desmond Seward was born in Paris and educated at Cambridge University. He is the author of Richard III: England’s Black Legend, The Monks of War, and The War of the Roses.

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Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE

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Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：US: William Morrow Japan: Hakusuisha Poland: Dolnoslaskie Germany: Verlag Ullstein

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