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Saturday, January 21. 2012

Free ad for Caravaggio (1571-1610)


Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio's The Calling of Matthew (1600)


The notoriously brawling artist brought a new look to European late Renaissance art, and is viewed as a bridge between Mannerism and Baroque. He was a rock star artist in his time.


The Calling of Matthew is discussed here in the WSJ, and here.

Posted by Bird Dog in Our Essays, The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 05:00 | Comments (6) | Trackbacks (0)

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#1 MissyW on 2012-01-21 09:57 (Reply)
According to Wikipedia:

Caravaggio might have died [at age 38] of lead poisoning. Bones with high lead levels were recently found in a grave likely to be Caravaggio's. Paints used at the time contained high amounts of lead salts. Caravaggio is known to have indulged in violent behavior, as caused by lead poisoning.
#2 PacRim Jim (Link) on 2012-01-21 15:16 (Reply)
"The latest lead poisoning theory just doesn't fit the facts. Caravaggio did not slowly deteriorate before his death as he would have done with lead poisoning, but was immensely physically fit, escaping from prison, running across Sicily and painting huge paintings right up until just before his death.

"I hope I have proven in the book that his behaviour was not that of an irrational mad man, as has been suggested, but of a violent man living in violent times whose tragic story is certainly the most extraordinary of any artist to have lived."

from "Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane" by Andrew Graham-Dixon, 2011
#2.1 MissyW on 2012-01-21 16:43 (Reply)
If only my fancy Nikon camera could do one-thousandth as well (sigh), although to be honest I don't understand the lighting of the person sitting with his back to us and the two fellows on the right who are standing in the shadows beneath the unshuttered window that's supposed to be just outside the frame. It's hard to reconcile the direction of the lighting on those three men with the lighting on the other four.
#3 Agent Cooper on 2012-01-21 17:28 (Reply)
This might explain some of the lighting and how Caravaggio worked:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2009/nov/09/caravaggio-photography
#3.1 MissyW on 2012-01-21 17:49 (Reply)
The light of Christ doesn;t follow rules.
#3.2 bd on 2012-01-21 19:17 (Reply)

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