Mattia Preti: faith and humanity

Contents

Mattia Preti at the Palace / H.E. Dr. George Abela, President of Malta -- A major feat / Joseph Said, Chairman, Heritage Malta -- Mattia Preti : faith and humanity / Sandro Debono, Senior Curator, National Museum of Fine Arts, Giuseppe Valentino, Direttore, Museo civico di Taverna -- Mattia Preti (1613-1699) : "Il Cavalier calabrese" / Craig Felton -- Mattia Preti in Taverna : references for knowledge on the context of origin / Giuseppe Valentino -- Mattia Preti in the Roman context : reflections on documents and works / Giorgio Leone -- The space revisited : a contemporary Mattia Preti / Luigi Tassoni -- The effect of Dürer's prints on the art of Mattia Preti / Kristina Herrmann Fiore -- Sculpture and the art of Mattia Preti / Devin Therien -- Edged weapons in the art of Mattia Preti / Robert Cassar -- A Maltese hagiography for Mattia Preti? / Sandro Debono -- Mattia Preti in Taverna : on-going task for case studies, in-depth analyses and restoration works : towards the establishment of the first international archives on technical-scientific data regarding the complete works / Caterina Bagnato -- Catalogue entries. Mattia Preti and Caravaggism -- In the family -- Dialogues -- Mattia Preti and his times -- Mattia Preti's inspirations -- Art and faith -- To err or rethink is human -- Mattia Preti's crowds -- From drawing to painting -- The knight-painter.