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Caravaggio

Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi or Amerighi) was born in Milan, where his father, Fermo (Fermo Merixio), was a household administrator and architect decorator to the Marchese of Caravaggio, a town not far from the city of Bergamo. In 1576 the family moved to Caravaggio (Caravaggius) to escape a plague that ravaged Milan, and Caravaggio's father and grandfather both died there on the same day ...

Caravaggio: A Contemporary View

Caravaggio was a heretical painter: his works were rejected or criticised by the church because of their subject matter, although there were church figures who defended him. His heresy consisted of transposing religious themes into popular tragedies. The fact that for The Death of the Virgin

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio Beneath the Surface

Caravaggio would often change his compositions mid painting. One clear example is the billowing of the fabric in The Musicians (Figure 3) now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.8 X rays of the painting have revealed a fairly finished sleeve of the lute player. The original was probably painted from a live model and the ...

Caravaggio : a life : Langdon, Helen : Free Download

Caravaggio : a life Item Preview remove circle ... Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da, 1573 1610, Painters Publisher New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux ... Borrow this book to access EPUB and PDF files. IN COLLECTIONS. Books to Borrow. Books for People with Print Disabilities.