M (book)
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M is a book by Australia
n author Peter Robb
about the Italian
painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
. First published in 1998 in Australia by Duffy & Snellgrove
, the book provoked controversy on its being published in Britain in 2000.
The hardback edition features 16 pages of colour plates and 64 pages of black-and-white images, and the paperback
edition contains 8 pages of colour photos and 24 pages of black-and-white photos.
M has won the (Australian) National biography Award and the Victorian Premier's Award
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n author Peter Robb
Peter Robb
Peter Robb is an Australian author.Robb spent his formative years in Australia and New Zealand, and between 1978 and 1992 he spent most of his time in Naples and southern Italy, interspersed with sojourns in Brazil. At the end of 1992 he returned to Sydney.His first book, Midnight in Sicily, was...
about the Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
painter Michelangelo Merisi da 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...
. First published in 1998 in Australia by Duffy & Snellgrove
Duffy & Snellgrove
Duffy & Snellgrove is a small, independent publishing house founded in Australia in 1996 by journalist Michael Duffy and his wife Alex Snellgrove. Since November 2005, the company has stopped publishing new works, although they continue to publish their backlist.Some authors published by Duffy &...
, the book provoked controversy on its being published in Britain in 2000.
The hardback edition features 16 pages of colour plates and 64 pages of black-and-white images, and the paperback
Paperback
Paperback, softback or softcover describe and refer to a book by the nature of its binding. The covers of such books are usually made of paper or paperboard, and are usually held together with glue rather than stitches or staples...
edition contains 8 pages of colour photos and 24 pages of black-and-white photos.
M has won the (Australian) National biography Award and the Victorian Premier's Award