On sale date: December 17, 2024
Discover the bawdy, swashbuckling life of one of the greatest painters in history through Milo Manara's passionate and personal tribute to his artistic idol.
Caravaggio: The Palette and the Sword Book 1 is the first half of Milo Manara's two-volume epic biography of the hot-tempered Italian master painter. It depicts Caravaggio's early years in Rome as he struggles to capture truth on canvas, only to have his art condemned to be burned by the Church. He then is forced to flee the city when he kills a man in righteous fury over the death of a prostitute.
The two volumes of Caravaggio mark the return of Manara to U.S. readers and the debut of Fantagraphics' new series, The Milo Manara Signature Edition, featuring affordable paperbacks of maestro Manara's internationally acclaimed work. (Book 2 will follow in Spring 2025.) Discover the bawdy, swashbuckling life of one of the greatest painters in history through Manara's passionate, personal tribute to his artistic idol, Michelangelo Merisi, whom the world would come to know as Caravaggio.
Praise
"Manara combines figures rendered with sensuous minimalism and intricately detailed backgrounds to create a sense of deep immersion in 16th-century Rome in this enthralling tale of the legendarily volatile "Master of Light and Shadow."" — Tom Batten - Library Journal
"The world's premier erotic artist tackles one of history's greatest painters. … luscious, painterly approach … And yes, his naked ladies are just as carefully rendered." — Cam Petti - AIPT Comics
"Erudite and crammed with historical detail … bawdy and passionate … utterly engrossing … breathtakingly beautiful. … If, like me, you know Manara mainly through his superhero covers or his erotica, you may be excused for having the same reaction I did — open-mouthed wonder." — J.D. Dunsany - The Muttering Muse
Specs
- Pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback / Softback
- Color
- Full-color
- Dimensions
- 9.3" × 12.3"
- ISBN-13
- 9781683969860