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Dec 21 2010
Youth and Ram, or “St John as a child” of 1602 by Caravaggio
Baroque / Caravaggio / Italian / Paintings (Reproductions) / Renaissance - 1 year ago - troycapc
A reproduction of Caravaggio’s “St. John the Baptist as a Child” that is also known as “Youth and Ram” of 1602. This painting lies right at the boundary between the Renaissance and the Baroque Period. Caravaggio used darkened interiors and quite plebian looking characters for his paintings and this is well shown in this masterpiece. It is housed in the Musei Capitolini in Rome.
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Oct 2 2010
The Crowning with Thorns by Michelangelo Meresi Caravaggio, 1606
Caravaggio / Inspirational prints / Italian / Paintings (Reproductions) / Renaissance - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of Caravaggio’s “The Crowning with Thorns” of 1606. The master wrote out a contract to Massimo Massini for the work the previous year. The work is influenced by Ruben’s alterpiece depicting the same moment in the Passion of Christ and is based in the style of Titian’s treatment of the same incident. Caravaggio alters the representation by minimizing the objects detracting from the focus on Christ and three principal tormentors. As is usual, Caravaggio captures his subjects in their humanity and with dark tones. The original work is in the Cassa di Risparmio di Prato.
Michelangelo Merisi was born in Caravaggio, near Milan, in 1571 and from the age of thirteen he studied painting for four years. He went to Rome at twenty-one and became an associate of Cesare d’Arpino, an artist and art dealer. He secured his first patron, Cardinal Del Monte, who gained Caravaggio’s first commission for side paintings in San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome. From 1600 he was constantly in trouble with the law for assaults and libels but he continued to secure important commissions. In 1606 Caravaggio was forced to flee Rome having been accused of murder. He spent time in Naples and Sicily and became a Knight of St. John in the latter in 1608. Before long he had to flee again after being imprisoned. He received a pardon from the Pope and was one his way back to Rome when he died at the age of thirty-nine at Porto Escole.
Jun 23 2010
Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness, Caravaggio, 1605
Caravaggio / Inspirational prints / Italian / Paintings (Reproductions) / Renaissance - 1 year ago - troycapc
This print is from the small altarpiece, one of a handful of original works by Caravaggio in the United States. It was painted toward the end of the artist’s career in Rome in about 1605.
The conception of the image is itself remarkable, for the Baptist had hardly ever before been portrayed as an isolated, seated figure who lacks, moreover, his usual attributes of halo, lamb and banderole. Stark contrasts of light and dark accentuate the perception that the figure leans forward, out of the deep shadows of the background and into the lighter realm of the viewer’s own space.
Jun 2 2010
The Incredulity of Saint Thomas, 1603
Caravaggio / Inspirational prints / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
A reproduction of Michelangelo Caravaggio’s “The Incredulity of Thomas” of about 1603. Michelangelo Merisi was born in Caravaggio, near Milan, in 1571 and from the age of thirteen he studied painting for four years. He went to Rome at twenty-one and became an associate of Cesare d’Arpino, an artist and art dealer. He secured his first patron, Cardinal Del Monte, who gained Caragavvio’s first commission for side paintings in San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome. From 1600 he was constantly in trouble with the law for assaults and libels but he continued to secure important commissions. In 1606 Caravaggio was forced to flee Rome having been accused of murder. He spent time in Naples and Sicily and became a Knight of St. John in the latter in 1608. Before long he had to flee again after being imprisoned. He received a pardon from the Pope and was one his way back to Rome when he died at the age of thirty-nine at Porto Escole.
In “The Incredulity of Saint Thomas” Caravaggio used darkened interiors and quite plebian looking characters as was his signature effect. The realism and richness of the dark colors lend an aura of accuracy regarding the human condition which rarely is approached by the other masters. The original of this masterpiece is in the Sanssouci, Potsdam, Germany.
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