John the Baptist (1604)
Entombment (1603, detail)
Calling of Saint Matthew (1600, detail)
Martha and Mary Magdalene (1598, detail)
Inspiration of Saint Matthew (1602)
Rest on the Flight into Egypt (1597, detail)
Musicians (1595, detail)
Supper at Emmaus (1602, detail)
Madonna and Child with Saint Anne (1606, detail)
Judith Beheading Holofernes (1598, detail)
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610) + red
“He is still so modern because he has never respected the mannerism of the dogmas imposed by the Church. He broke all rules risking his own life. That was a time when people like Giordano Bruno were burnt alive. And yet he pursued his idea of painting, anticipating things that would be deeply understood only many years later. Against all conventional rules, he used prostitutes as models for his Madonnas, he painted peasants praying the Holy Mary with their dirty nails and greasy hair, so that, for the very first time, people could recognize themselves in what they saw. It was a new way of conceiving painting.” ~ Alessio Boni (source)
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