Date of Birth: 29 Sep 1571 Date of Death: 16 Jul 1610 Focus: Paintings Art Movement: Baroque Hometown: Milan, Italy Caravaggio Page's Content Introduction Artistic Context Biography Style and Technique Who or What Influenced Works Followers ...
Date:c.1598 - 1599 Style:Baroque Genre:religious painting Media:oil,canvas Tag:Christianity,Holofernes,Judith,birth-and-death Dimensions:195 x 145 cm Location:National Gallery of Ancient Art (GNAA), Rome, Italy This painting tells the story Biblical story of Judith, who saved her people by sed...
Caravaggio Date of Birth: 29 Sep 1571 Date of Death: 16 Jul 1610 Focus: Paintings Art Movement: Baroque Hometown: Milan, Italy Caravaggio Style and Technique Page's Content Introduction Style MethodIntroduction Judith Beheading Holofernes Caravaggio Caravaggio's style of painting is easily recognizable...
In a painting representing the Death of the Virgin, he is reputed to have used as a model for the Virgin Mary the bloated corpse of a dead prostitute. His work though is undeniably arresting and its effect on the next generation of artists was immediate, from Rubens (1577-1640) and ...
Caravaggio, whose fiery masterpieces included "The Death of the Virgin" and "David with the Head of Goliath," and who inspired generations of artists, was born as Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio in 1571 in Italy. The world he arrived in was violent and, at times, unstable. His birth came...
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Caravaggio’s reputation was clouded, during his own lifetime and in the aftermath of his untimely death, by the turbulent and ultimately tragic circumstances of his personal life. He committedmurderand violent assault while at the peak of his success inRomeand consequently spent much of his late...
of documents in the archives of Caravaggio records the death, in the second half of 1577, of Caravaggio’s father, his paternal grandfather and grandmother, and his uncle, Pietro. By age six, Caravaggio had lost almost every male member of his family to the plague. His unruly and fiery ...
“Boy with a Basket of Fruit” “Death of the Virgin” “The Beheading of St. John the Baptist” “The Burial of St. Lucy” “The Calling of St. Matthew” “The Conversion of St. Paul” “The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew” “The Musicians” ...
Caravaggio’s reputation was clouded, during his own lifetime and in the aftermath of his untimely death, by the turbulent and ultimately tragic circumstances of his personal life. He committed murder and violent assault while at the peak of his success in Rome and consequently spent much of hi...