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The guardian of mercy : how an extraordinary painting by Caravaggio changed an ordinary life today / Terence Ward.

by Ward, Terence.

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Arcade Publishing, 2016.

Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da, 1573-1610. Seven acts of mercy.

Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da, 1573-1610 -- Criticism and interpretation.

Ward, Terence -- Family.

Painters -- Italy -- Naples -- Biography.

Artists -- Italy -- Naples -- Biography.

Painting, Baroque -- Italy.

Painting -- Appreciation.

Naples (Italy) -- Social life and customs.

9781628725926 (hc.)

xii, 183 pages : color illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

In exile. Into Mezzogiorno ; Duel in Rome: escape to Naples -- The seven acts of mercy. Dolce Vita and Malavita ; Seven young patrons ; Honor thy father ; Upstairs, downstairs: from sky to sea ; The world according to Esposito ; Illuminated Grotto ; Inside Abraham's tent ; Origins and ancestors ; Into the underworld: Napoli of the spirits ; The cloak of St. Martin ; Goya and lion masks ; Touched by light ; The god Vesuvius ; Poet of hope ; Samson's roar ; Honor and vendetta ; The comedy is over ; Beyond the threshold ; A dream and a promise ; The prayer of Caravaggio ; Blessings from fallen angels ; Mirror of the world -- The reward. Spumante at midnight ; The unveiling ; His prophetic testament ; A letter from Angelo Esposito ; Final grace.

Now celebrated as one of the great painters of the Renaissance, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio fled Rome in 1606 to escape retribution for killing a man in a brawl. Three years later he was in Naples, where he painted The Seven Acts of Mercy. A year later he died at the age of thirty-eight under mysterious circumstances. Exploring Caravaggio's singular masterwork, Terence Ward offers a narrative journey into the heart of his artistry and his metamorphosis from fugitive to visionary. Ward's guide is a contemporary artist whose own life was transformed by the painting, a simple man named Angelo who shows him where it still hangs in a small church in Naples and whose story helps him see its many layers. As Ward unfolds the structure of the painting, he explains each of the seven mercies and its influence on Caravaggio's troubled existence. Caravaggio encountered the whole range of Naples's vertical social layers, from the lowest ranks of poverty to lofty gilded aristocratic circles, and Ward reveals the old city behind today's metropolis. Fusing elements of history, biography, memoir, travelogue, and journalism, his narrative maps the movement from estrangement to grace, as we witness Caravaggio's bruised life gradually redeemed by art. Author Terence Ward was born in Boulder, Colorado, and spent his childhood in Saudi Arabia and Iran. He is the author of Searching for Hassan (2003).

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