LOST PAINTING: THE QUEST FOR A CARAVAGGIO MASTERPIECE
by HARR, JONATHAN
List Price: HK$ 133.00
ˇ@ISBN
9780375759864
ˇ@Subject
ART, ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN & PHOTOGRAPHY
ˇ@Publisher
RANDOM HOUSE USA
ˇ@Publication
2006
ˇ@Edition
Paperback
ˇ@Version
Original
ˇ@Description
Prizewinning author Jonathan Harr embarks on a spellbinding journey to discover the long-lost painting The Taking of Christ by Caravaggio, a master of the Italian Baroque. The paintingsˇ¦ mysterious fate and disappearance have captivated Caravaggio devotees for years. When a young graduate student from Rome, stumbles across a clue on the painting, she tracks across a continent and hundreds of years of history. But it is not until she meets an art restorer in Ireland that she finally manages to assemble the pieces of the puzzle. The Lost Painting is a remarkable synthesis of history and detective story. The fascinating details of Caravaggio's strange, turbulent career and the astonishing beauty of his work come to life in these pages as vividly and as enthrallingly as a Caravaggio painting.
