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Caravaggio (29. září 1571 Milán – 18. července 1610 Porto Ercole; vlastním jménem Michelangelo Merisi) byl italský malíř působící v Římě, Neapoli, na Maltě a na Sicílii.
The Artist: Trained in Milan and active in Rome (1592–1606), Naples (1606–7; 1609–10), Malta (1607–8), and Sicily (1608–9), Caravaggio was one of the most revolutionary figures of European art
While Cupid’s presence confirms this is an allegory representing Music, Caravaggio’s painting equally engages with contemporary performance and individualized models, including a self-portrait in the second boy from the right.
Christ at Rest, by Hans Holbein the Younger, 1519, a chiaroscuro drawing using pen, ink, and brush, washes, white heightening, on ochre prepared paper. The term chiaroscuro originated during the Renaissance as drawing on coloured paper, where the artist worked from the paper's base tone toward light using white gouache, and toward dark using ink, bodycolour or watercolour.
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, known as Caravaggio, was an Italian painter active in Rome for most of his artistic life. During the final four years of his life he moved between Naples, Malta, and Sicily until his death.
Michelangelo da Merisi, better known as Caravaggio, was one of the most influential, and notorious, artists of the Baroque period. A fugitive escaping a death sentence for murder for much of his life, Caravaggio's lasting legacy is that of a pioneer who developed a style that combined dramatic lighting with psychological insight.
Caravaggio je rođen u selu Caravaggio pored Milana, gdje je njegov otac, Fermo Merisi, bio upravitelj doma te arhitekt-dekorator vojvodstva Caravaggio. Njegova majka, Lucia Aratori, došla je iz ugledne obitelji iz iste pokrajine.
