A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice and a Washington Post Notable Book of the Year "This book resees its subject with rare clarity and power as a paint

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Caravaggio was on a defiant mission to change the art world. Before him, there were pastel-colored idealized visions, polite paintings for a polite society. Aft

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Andrew Graham-Dixon unveils the long-kept secret of Britain's rich and vital visual culture.