Caravaggio: 82+ Baroque Masterpieces - Michelangelo Caravaggio - Gallery Series

Book Synopsis: CARAVAGGIO Art Book contains 82+ reproductions of his greatest masterpieces with gallery page for all images, museum links and interesting facts page below. Book includes Table of Contents, Top 50 Museums of the World and is compatible with all Kindle devices, Kindle for iOS and Android tablets (use rotate and/or zoom feature on landscape/horizontal images for optimal viewing).

BORN: September 29, 1571, Milan, Italy.

DIED: Died: July 18, 1610, Grosseto, Italy.

MOVEMENT: Baroque

INTERESTING FACTS:

• § Caravaggio was orphaned at age 11, in the same year he was apprenticed to the painter Simone Peterzano of Milan.
• § In 1595, he began to sell his pictures through a dealer, Maestro Valentino, who brought Caravaggio's work to the attention of Cardinal Francesco del Monte.
• § In 1597, he received a commission for the decoration of the Contarelli Chapel in the Church of San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome.
• § From 1600-1606, Caravaggio had many encounters with the law on account of his violent nature. In 1606, he killed Ranuccio Tomassoni in a brawl over a disputed score in a game of tennis.
• § From 1606-1609, he fled justice by traveling to Malta, Sicily and Naples. During this time he continued to paint and receive commissions. He sought a pardon from the Pope, only to receive it three days after his death on July 18, 1610.
• § Caravaggio has been called the second Michelangelo.

NOTABLE WORKS:

• St Matthew and the Angel
• The Calling of St Matthew
• The Martyrdom of St Matthew
• Boy with a Fruit Basket
• The Young Bacchus
• The Crucifixion of St Peter
• The Conversion of St Paul