Nominated and Short-listed for the 2005 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing Born Michelangelo Merisi, as an adult he became known by the name of his birthplace, Caravaggio (1571-1610), he was the most revolutionary artist of the Italian Baroque. Consistently emphasizing the humanity of his religious subjects, he established a new way of painting. The intensity of his chiaroscuro style is matched only by the drama of his life. Outlaw, heretic, murderer, and sensualist were a few of the charges brought against him by his contemporaries. Patrick Hunt s wide-ranging professional and personal scholarship allows him to interpret Caravaggio s complicated religious and classical imagery while anchoring his art in his life.
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Genius, criminal, revolutionary artist, ascetic, bravo, dandy, murderer, rebel, sceptic, sensualist, fugitive, mocker, lay brother. How could all of these epithets be true of one man? Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
San Luigi, Knights of Malta, Anna Bianchini, Palazzo Madama, Contarelli Chapel, Piazza Navona, Porto Ercole, Santa Maria, Fillide Melandroni, Grand Master, Onorio Longhi, Giovanni Baglione, Giuseppe Cesari, Lute Player, Alof de Wignacourt, Death of the Virgin, Fermo Merisi, Knight of Malta, Maddalena Antonietti, Mario Minniti, Michelangelo Merisi, Vincenzo Giustiniani, Academy of St Luke, Basket of Fruit, Giovan Battista New!
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Genius, criminal, revolutionary artist, ascetic, bravo, dandy, murderer, rebel, sceptic, sensualist, fugitive, mocker, lay brother. How could all of these epithets be true of one man? Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
San Luigi, Knights of Malta, Anna Bianchini, Palazzo Madama, Contarelli Chapel, Piazza Navona, Porto Ercole, Santa Maria, Fillide Melandroni, Grand Master, Onorio Longhi, Giovanni Baglione, Giuseppe Cesari, Lute Player, Alof de Wignacourt, Death of the Virgin, Fermo Merisi, Knight of Malta, Maddalena Antonietti, Mario Minniti, Michelangelo Merisi, Vincenzo Giustiniani, Academy of St Luke, Basket of Fruit, Giovan Battista New!
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- On Painting (Penguin Classics) by Leon Battista Alberti on page 127, and Back Matter
- A Dictionary of Christian Art (Oxford Paperback Reference) by Peter Murray in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Caravaggio: A Life by Helen Langdon in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Caravaggio and His Two Cardinals by Creighton E. Gilbert in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Art and the Christian Apocrypha by David R. Cartlidge in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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