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(5 pp) Few artists in history have exercised as
extraordinary an influence as this tempestuous and
short-lived painter. Caravaggio was destined to
turn a large part of European art away from the
ideal viewpoint of the Renaissance, to the concept
that simple reality was of primary importance. He
was one of the first to paint people as ordinary
looking, often using models from the street or the
brothels. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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paint people as ordinary looking, often using models from the street or the brothels. Bibliography lists 5 sources. BBcarvgR.doc CARRAVAGGIO - BOLD AND WONDERFUL Written
by B. Bryan Babcock for the Paperstore, Inc., November 2000 Introduction Few artists in history have exercised as extraordinary an influence as this tempestuous and short-lived painter. Caravaggio
was destined to turn a large part of European art away from the ideal viewpoint of the Renaissance, to the concept that simple reality was of primary importance. He was
one of the first to paint people as ordinary looking, often using models from the street or the brothels. The Artist Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571 -1610)
In his biography of artists active in Rome, Giovanni Battista Passeri wrote that Caravaggio, in defense of his "poor but honorable" neighbor Lena, killed a young lawyer by the name
of Mariano Pasqualone on July 29, 1605. The story says that after being offered considerable compensation, Lenas father consented to allow her to pose as the Madonna. By all accounts,
Pasqualone had asked Lena to marry him. When he saw her going to the painters house so often, he jumped to the rash conclusion that there was more going on
than painting. The jealous man heaped insults on Lena. Upon hearing of this, Caravaggio hit the young lawyer with a powerful blow (perhaps one or two more than that) and
then sought refuge in the church of San Luigi dei Francesi, where he remained for a long time "in order to escape prosecution." Although this is just one story it
reflects the attitude and drama of this painter who only survived for 29 years in life, 12 of them as an artist. Painting style Caravaggio first gained notoriety for showing
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