{"product_id":"i-caravaggio","title":"I, Caravaggio","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe famous bi-sexual libertine who would be more at home on Tinder than at a Roman Cathedral, gallivants through the streets like brush strokes to become a Baroque 16th century icon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe year is 1604 and Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio is a superstar, his blockbuster paintings packing the pews of Rome. Caravaggio should be reveling in prosperity, but the artistic trailblazer and nefarious street-brawler is his own worst enemy. While the genius paints masterpieces, the ruffian in him can’t stay out of jail. Caravaggio is a man at existential odds with himself until falling in love with Lena Antognetti, the prostitute modeling his newest Virgin pictures. Caravaggio paints Lena into a life of wealth and celebrity, but the power couple’s provocative fame earns them a horde of resentful and jealous enemies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e I, Caravaggio dramatizes the superstar’s psychological unraveling under the sexual and political pressures of the Catholic Reformation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CLASH Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44740467851298,"sku":"9781955904759","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0711\/3841\/0530\/files\/9781955904759.jpg?v=1768425345","url":"https:\/\/anovelideabookshop.org\/products\/i-caravaggio","provider":"A Novel Idea Bookshop ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}