This is a groundbreaking examination of one of the most
important artists in the Western tradition by one of the
leading art historians and critics of the past half century.

In his first extended consideration of the Italian baroque
painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610),
Michael Fried offers a transformative account of the
artist’s revolutionary achievement.

And with close to 200 color images, The Moment of Caravaggio 
is as richly illustrated as it is closely argued. The result is an
electrifying new perspective on a crucial episode in the history of
European painting.

Published in association with the National Gallery of Art, Washington.
328 pages, 194 color illustrations, 8 x 11 inches, $49.50