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'''Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio''' (September 29th 1571 – 18 July 1610) was an [[Italian]] [[Baroque]] [[painter]]. He was born in Caravaggio, Lombardy, Italy. | '''Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio''' (September 29th 1571 – 18 July 1610) was an [[Italian]] [[Baroque]] [[painter]]. He was born in Caravaggio, Lombardy, Italy. | ||
| − | Caravaggio painted [[Roman]] gods and [[Christian]] saints as if emerging out of darkness. Almost all of | + | Caravaggio painted [[Roman]] gods and [[Christian]] saints as if emerging out of darkness. Almost all of his religious paintings emphasize sadness, suffering and death. |
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Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (September 29th 1571 – 18 July 1610) was an Italian Baroque painter. He was born in Caravaggio, Lombardy, Italy.
Caravaggio painted Roman gods and Christian saints as if emerging out of darkness. Almost all of his religious paintings emphasize sadness, suffering and death.
Petit Gallery
Narcissus
David and Goliath
The Cardsharps
The Crucifixion of Saint Peter
