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Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio

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Born: 1571
Died: 1610

Main Artistic Movement: Baroque
Nationality: Italian

Floor Found in Château: Basement
Room Found in Château: Dungeon
About the Artist
Better known as just Caravaggio, this Italian painter rivaled the Carracci Brothers and their Academy for setting the aesthetic tone of Baroque art. His grand canvases were not only realistic in depicting figures, objects, and nature, but also dove into a person's emotion and soul. Caravaggio used the element of chiaroscuro (which is the technique to paint extreme light tones with extreme dark tones for a dramatic contrast) to express highly-dramatic and emotional scenes within his paintings. His drama and captivating grandeur can be seen within his Crucifixion of Saint Peter (1601), Judith Beheading Holofernes (1599), and the Calling of Saint Matthew (1600).

About the Movement
Caravaggio worked in the Baroque Age of art. After the Renaissance Age, Baroque art was encouraged and influenced by the Catholic Church and the Counter Reformation to bring citizens back to Catholicism from the simple and austere Protestantism. Baroque art tended to be highly decorative and extravagant, creating dramatic scenes and vivid narratives through its painting and sculpture. Some of the most famous Baroque artists included Gian Lorenzo Bernini, the Carracci Brothers (Annibale, Agostino, and Ludovico), Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, and Pietro da Cortona.

​Fun Fact: Similar to Michelangelo Buonarroti, Caravaggio only has his signature on one work of art: his Beheading of Saint John​ (1608).

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Resources: Rudolf Wittkower, Art and Architecture in Italy, 1600-1750, (New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1999), 266.
Artworks found in the Château:
  • Beheading of Saint John, The
  • Calling of Saint Matthew, The
  • Cardsharps
  • John the Baptist
  • ​Judith Beheading Holofernes
  • Musicians, The
  • Narcissus

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