Recounts the events surrounding the discovery of Italian Baroque artist Caravaggio's masterpiece "The Taking of Christ", which went undiscovered for decades in a dusty attic, and explores the controversy surrounding the painting's discovery and restoration.
Surveys the life and work of sixteenth-century Italian artist Caravaggio, analyzes his masterpieces, explains them in their historical and social context, and includes more than 300 full-color reproductions of his paintings.
Discusses the work of Italian painter Giorgio de Chirico, considered a forerunner of the Surrealist movement, who switched from modernism to classicism midway through his career.
Surveys the life and work of Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci; provides analyses of his masterpieces; discusses the historical and social context in which da Vinci worked; and includes over three hundred color reproductions of his paintings, sculptures, and inventions.
