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mods: Caravaggio, Bernini early baroque in Rome Weppelmann, Stefan editor, author. Swoboda, Gudrun editor, author, writer of added commentary. Scholten, Frits author, writer of added commentary. Schütze, Sebastian author. Careri, Giovanni 1958- author. Gastel, Joris van 1977- author. Imorde, Joseph 1963- author, writer of added commentary. Levy, Evonne Anita 1961- author. Plackinger, Andreas writer of added commentary. Flemming, Victoria von writer of added commentary. Albl, Stefan writer of added commentary. Boon, Arent writer of added commentary. Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da 1573-1610 artist. Bernini, Gian Lorenzo 1598-1680 artist. Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien host institution. Rijksmuseum (Netherlands) host institution. Prestel Verlag publisher. text bibliography biography Criticism, interpretation, etc. Essays. Exhibition catalogs. Illustrated works. Exhibition catalogs. Essays. Illustrated works. gw 2019 2019 monographic eng ger dut ita print 325 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm This book examines in depth the painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610) and the sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680). Other painters and sculptors gathered around these two geniuses in Rome in the first decades of the 17th century. Together they formulated a new artistic language which later came to be known as Roman Baroque. In a very short period of time, Rome became an international cultural hotspot, the breeding ground of new ideas and initiatives. Artists from all over Europe came to the Eternal City to study the many remnants of Roman Antiquity and to seek the increasing patronage of the popes, cardinals, and the local nobility. More than ever before, painters and sculptors shared ambitions, personal friendships, and worked together, often on large papal projects. Caravaggio, Bernini, and their fellow artists embody this artistic fraternisation. Together, their works tell the story of the birth of this new movement in art, and the radical artistic …