Caravaggio
Caravaggio Biography
Michelangelo Merisi, called Caravaggio, was a prolific and important painter of the early Baroque period in Italy. During his lifetime he was equally well-known for his art, as he was notorious for his violent temper, which frequently landed him in trouble and forced him to travel (flee, to be specific) constantly. Few artists in history have exercised as extraordinary an influence as this tempestuous and short-lived painter. Caravaggio was instrumental in establishing the tenets of the Baroque movement, moving European art away from the idealized viewpoint of the Renaissance to a more quotidien aesthetic of beauty.
Caravaggio 61 Most Important Paintings and Artworks
- Boy Peeling A Fruit.
c.1593-1594. Oil on canvas. Private collection, Rome, Italy.
- Self-Portrait As Sick Bacchus.
c.1593-1594. Oil on canvas. Galleria Borghese, Rome, Italy. Read Note.
- Boy Bitten By A Lizard.
c.1593-1594. Oil on canvas. The National Gallery, London, UK.
- Boy With A Basket Of Fruit.
c.1593-1594. Oil on canvas. Galleria Borghese, Rome, Italy.
- Penitent Magdalene.
c.1593-1594. Oil on canvas. Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Rome, Italy. Read Note.
- The Cardsharps (I Bari).
c.1594-1595. Oil on canvas. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX, USA.
- The Musicians.
c.1595. Oil on canvas. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
- The Lute-Player.
c.1595-1596. Oil on canvas. The Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.
- The Rest On The Flight Into Egypt.
c.1595. Oil on canvas. Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Rome, Italy. Read Note.
- St. Francis In Ecstasy.
c.1596. Oil on canvas. Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT, USA. Read Note.
- Bacchus.
c.1597. Oil on canvas. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy. Read Note.
- Narcissus.
c.1597. Oil on canvas. Palazzo Barberini, Rome, Italy. Read Note.
- Medusa.
c.1598. Oil on canvas. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy. Read Note.
- The Fortune-Teller.
c.1598-1599. Oil on canvas. The Louvre, Paris, France.
- The Conversion Of Mary Magdalen.
c.1598-1599. Oil on canvas. Institute of Fine Arts, Detroit, IL, USA. Read Note.
- The Sacrifice Of Isaac.
1598-1599. Oil on canvas. Johnson Collection, Princeton, NJ, USA. Read Note.
- Portrait Of Maffeo Barberini.
c.1598-1600. Oil on canvas. Private collection, Florence, Italy. Read Note.
- St. Catherine Of Alexandria.
c.1599. Oil on canvas. Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Lugano-Castagnola, Switzerland. Read Note.
- Judith Beheading Holofernes.
c.1599. Oil on canvas. Palazzo Barberini, Rome, Italy. Read Note.
- Interior Of Contarelli Chapel. San Luigi Dei Francesi, Rome, Italy.
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Caravaggio Bibliography
Michelangelo da Caravaggio. by S Vsevolzhskaya. Moscow. 1960. (in Russian)
Caravaggio. by R. Longhi. Dresden. 1968.
Painting of Western Europe. XVII century. by E. Rotenberg. Moscow. Iskusstvo. 1989. (in Russian)
Painting of Europe. XIII-XX centuries. Encyclopedic Dictionary. Moscow. Iskusstvo. 1999. (in Russian)
Caravaggio: Quadrifolio (Rizzoli Quadrifolio) by Stefano Zuffi, Michelangelo Merisi Da Caravaggio. Rizzoli, 2001.
M: The Man Who Became Caravaggio by Peter Robb. Henry Holt & Company, Inc., 2000.
Caravaggio (Masters of Art) by Alfred Moir. Harry N Abrams, 1989.
Caravaggio: A Play in Two Acts by Michael Whitney Straight. Devon Press, 1979.
Caravaggio by Catherine Puglisi, Michelangelo Merisi Da Caravaggio. Phaidon Press, 1998.
Caravaggio by John T. Spike, Michelangelo Merisi Da Caravaggio, Michele K. Spike. Abbeville Press, 2001.
Caravaggio (Icon Editions) by Howard Hibbard. Westview Press, 1985.
Caravaggio: A Novel by Christopher Peachment. Thomas Dunne Books, 2003.
Caravaggio and His Two Cardinals by Creighton E. Gilbert, Michelangelo Merisi Da Caravaggio. Pennsylvania State University Press, 1995.
