He possessed an exceptional ability to express in one scene of unsurpassed vividness the passing of a crucial moment.Ĭaravaggio was born in Milan his father was a household administrator and architect-decorator to the Marchese of Caravaggio. For his paintings he mostly painted from real models as well as he himself appears in several of his paintings, as in his final self-portrait being as the witness on the far right to the Martyrdom of Saint Ursula. Caravaggio preferred to work directly on the canvas, although an unpopular technique at his time yet he was capable enough to accomplish great results. With this came the acute observation of physical and psychological reality that formed the ground both for his immense popularity and for his frequent problems with his religious commissions.Ĭaravaggio worked with great speed, mostly from live models, scoring basic guides directly onto the canvas with the end of the brush handle. He reinvented Chiaroscuro’ a technique although practiced long before he came on the art scene, but it was Caravaggio who made the technique a dominant stylistic element, darkening the shadows and transfixing the subject in a blinding shaft of light. Between 15, he was arrested for carrying a sword without a permit, sued for beating a man with a stick and accused of attacking another man with a sword.Īlthough infamous for his actions and disliked by most skilled artists of his days, Caravaggio possessed an amazing talent to overcome all the odds. He was sued and arrested several times for his despicable actions.
His artistic fame was overshadowed by his terrible behavior of drinking, gambling, sword-carrying and brawling.
Despite being a prominent figure in the field of art he is also known for his aggressive and vicious behavior. Born as Michelangelo Merisi on 29 September 1571 Caravaggio was an Italian painter active in Rome for most of his artistic life.
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