Caravaggio

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. Early successes Ottavia Leoni, 'Drawing of the Portrait of Caravaggio' Florence, Biblioteca Marucelliana© Photo Scala, Florence Arrogant, rebellious and a murderer, Caravaggio's short and tempestuous life matched the drama of his works.

Characterised by their dramatic, almost theatrical lighting, Caravaggio's paintings were controversial, popular, and hugely influential on succeeding generations of painters all over Europe. Caravaggio. Michelangelo Merisi (or Amerighi) da Caravaggio (Italian pronunciation: [karaˈvaddʒo]; 29 September 1571?

– 18 July? 1610) was an Italian artist active in Rome, Naples, Malta, and Sicily between 1592 (1595?) And 1610. His paintings, which combine a realistic observation of the human state, both physical and emotional, with a dramatic use of lighting, had a formative influence on Baroque painting.[1][2][3] Caravaggio trained as a painter in Milan under Simone Peterzano who had himself trained under Titian. Caravaggio's Deposition, or Entombment. With most artists we know about their lives and personalities from biographies that friends or contemporaries wrote about them.

In the case of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, however, we know about his life primarily from police records! From these accounts, we learn that he had a bad temper and could be violent, and that he was frequently arrested and imprisoned for assault. He appears on the police records for mild offenses like carrying weapons without permission, as well as more serious ones where he is involved in violent fights.