Schütze Sebastian

Caravaggio actually Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610), was already a legend even in his own lifetime. While he was praised by some for his naturalism and revolutionary pictorial concepts, others deemed him the "destroyer of painting". Today he ranks amongst the most influential artists in the whole of art history....

Caravaggio, or more accurately Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610), was always a name to be reckoned with. Notorious bad boy of Italian painting, the artist was at once celebrated and controversial: Violent in temper, precise in technique, a creative master, and a man on the run.This work offers a comprehensive reassessment of...