The book Caravaggio in Sicily - the lost path (Bonanno Editore, 2008) sheds light on the living room Sicilian Caravaggio, never enough time depth, in which Michelangelo Merisi hand painted works too hastily and often banal figurative described on the basis of evidence that lead to misunderstandings and contradictions. Yet the Sicilian works reveal the creative ideal condition in which he found the painter, which is to be free in spite of defining conditions by the client. Ie a period where he could express the value of his genius in an absolute creative freedom that allowed him to produce tangible evidence of its culture and its art.
This book is the result of archival research and studies lasted a few years, with the discovery of documents unpublished, which have proved essential, reconstructs the last important period in the life of Caravaggio. It also highlights the ideal conditions that have favored the high quality of his works, which were confronted in Sicily with a cultural context of art still connected to the so-called "Mode" and then back nearly a century than the rest of Italy and all ' Europe, where the paintings of Caravaggio had already seen more than its revolutionary innovation. It also highlights the importance of reading the deep symbolic meanings, already reported in previous works, but also those in Sicily along with many unambiguous references to the culture of the island .... MORE ON THE WEB SITE ALVISE SPADARO
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