The Lost Painting: The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece
Encyclopedia
The Lost Painting: The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece is a non-fiction book by the author of A Civil Action
, Jonathan Harr
. The book traces the recent discovery of a Caravaggio
painting, The Taking of Christ
(c. 1602). The book is an extension of an article that first appeared in The New York Times
. One of the people whose life is recounted in the book is the Oxford philosopher and ontologist of the infosphere
Luciano Floridi
.
Variety reports that Miramax might produce a film version of the book.
A Civil Action
A Civil Action is a 1998 American drama film starring John Travolta and Robert Duvall, based on the book of the same name by Jonathan Harr...
, Jonathan Harr
Jonathan Harr
Jonathan Harr is an American writer, best known for A Civil Action.Harr was born in Beloit, Wisconsin. He lives and works in Northampton, Massachusetts, where he has taught nonfiction writing at Smith College. He is a former staff writer at New England Monthly and has written for The New Yorker...
. The book traces the recent discovery of a Caravaggio
Caravaggio
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was an Italian artist active in Rome, Naples, Malta, and Sicily between 1593 and 1610. His paintings, which combine a realistic observation of the human state, both physical and emotional, with a dramatic use of lighting, had a formative influence on the Baroque...
painting, The Taking of Christ
The Taking of Christ
The Taking of Christ is a painting by the Italian Baroque master Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio , originally commissioned by nobleman Ciriaco Mattei. It is housed in the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin.-Description:...
(c. 1602). The book is an extension of an article that first appeared in The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
. One of the people whose life is recounted in the book is the Oxford philosopher and ontologist of the infosphere
Infosphere
Infosphere is a neologism composed of information and sphere.The first documented use of the word "InfoSphere" was a 1971 Time Magazine book review by R.Z...
Luciano Floridi
Luciano Floridi
Luciano Floridi currently holds the Research Chair in philosophy of information and the UNESCO Chair in Information and Computer Ethics, both at the University of Hertfordshire, Department of Philosophy...
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Variety reports that Miramax might produce a film version of the book.
External links
- New York Times Book Review—November 13, 2005