THE LIVES OF CARAVAGGIO

In the course of a short and violent life, Michelangelo Merisl da Caravaggio (1571-1610) revolutionized painting, producing a style of shockingly immediate realism that swept through Europe. The impact of his art and personality continue to resonate to this day. A lmost everything we know about Caravaggio's life comes from these three early biographies, which reflect the sometimes horrified fas cination that Caravaggio exerted on his contemporaries. Giulio Mancini was Caravaggio's doctor/ Giovanni Baglione a bitter rival and art hist...[Read more]