Karen, a substitute for the Caravaggio book listed...Francine Prose's book on Caravaggio ("Caravaggio, Painter of Miracles") published this year, and in my opinion infinitely better.

Prose (truly, an emblematic name) was one of the authors listed in Smiley's book, and she is superb. A fresh eye to Caravaggio and a racy, much more readable romp than Harr's.

the deKooning bio is magnificent...really illuminates why he was a towering figure.