Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio - Canvas Prints

Caravaggio painted like he was running out of time, because for most of his career, he was. Working in oil across Rome, Naples, and Malta, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio built a raw, theatrical realism from stark light and deep shadow, casting beggars and street models as saints. His chiaroscuro reshaped Baroque painting, while a volatile temper and a 1606 killing sent him into four years as a fugitive. He died in 1610 at 38, having changed how the world saw sacred subjects.

Read the full story of his years on the run: Caravaggio: The Fugitive Painter Behind the Art​

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