MARC Record from Miami University of Ohio

LEADER: 02162cam 22003494a 45 0
001 ocm60375614
005 20051118000000.0
008 050506s2005 nyu b 000 0deng
010 $a2005048593
020 $a0375508015
024 30 $a9780375508011 (hardcover : alk. paper)$d52495
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dBAKER$dC#P$dBUR
042 $apcc
043 $ae-it---
049 $aMIAA$aOMMM
050 00 $aND623.C26$bH37 2005
100 1 $aHarr, Jonathan
245 14 $aThe lost painting /$cJonathan Harr
250 $a1st ed
260 $aNew York :$bRandom House,$cc2005
300 $a271 p. ;$c25 cm
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 265-271)
520 $aA decaying palazzo on a hilltop near the Adriatic coast, and in the basement, cobwebbed and dusty, an archive unknown to scholars. Here, a young graduate student from Rome makes a discovery that inspires a search for a painting lost for almost two centuries. The artist was Caravaggio, a revolutionary painter beset by personal demons. Four hundred years ago, he drank and brawled in the taverns and streets of Rome, in and out of jail, all the while painting transcendent works. He rose from obscurity to fame and wealth, but success didn't alter his violent temperament. He died young, alone, and under strange circumstances. Caravaggio scholars estimate that between sixty and eighty of his works are in existence today. Many others--no one knows the precise number--have been lost to time. Somewhere, surely, a masterpiece lies forgotten. This quest is a synthesis of history and detective story.--From publisher description
600 10 $aCaravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da,$d1573-1610$xCriticism and interpretation
600 00 $aJohn,$cthe Baptist, Saint$xArt
650 0 $aPainting, Italian$xAttribution
650 0 $aPainting$xExpertising
907 $a.b34179422$b03-14-06$c11-21-05
998 $aaal$amdl$b11-29-05$cm$da$e-$feng$gnyu$h4$i2
947 $acak
945 $g1$i35054029366867$j0$laali $o-$p$0.00$q-$r-$s-$t0$u2$v2$w0$x0$y.i43510772$z11-29-05
945 $aHARR$aLP$a2005$g1$i35054026998282$j0$lmdmc $o-$p$0.00$q-$r-$s-$t0$u1$v4$w0$x0$y.i43576643$z12-06-05