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Design Category
Book design, 1998
Design firm
Phaidon Press (New York, New York)
Collection
(1999) 50 Books/50 Covers of 1998

Description

Caravaggio is the first monograph to explore the artist’s work, making full use of new research and dramatic recent discoveries. The colorful and lucid design breathes new life into works that are centuries old.

Credits
Art director: Alan Fletcher
Designer: Isambard Thomas
Typeface: Univers Condensed
Author: Catherine Puglisi
Publisher: Phaidon Press