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New Insights Unveiled in London Exhibit on Caravaggio’s Final Masterwork

Art news • Apr 5, 2024 • 2 minutes read

London's National Gallery will showcase "The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula," Caravaggio's last known work, revealing new insights into the artist's final years and the painting's tumultuous history. This free exhibition, part of the gallery's bicentenary celebrations, highlights the painting's complex journey and its recent reattribution to Caravaggio following the discovery of a pivotal 1610 letter.

Revealing Epiphany: Exploring the Artistic Tapestry of Divine Manifestation

Art history • 14 minutes read

Epiphany is a significant religious celebration in Christianity, marking the revelation of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles through the visit of the Magi and his baptism by John the Baptist...

Exploring the Sacred: A Journey Through Religious Art at Easter

Religious Art • 14 minutes read

Easter, a central holiday in Christianity, signifies the resurrection of Jesus Christ and holds profound global significance...

Top 10: Still Life

Still life • 12 minutes read

Let's get straight to the point: when you read about still life on the web, you'll be able to find examples from Hellenistic, Roman, Medieval, and Renaissance periods. They are characterized by the predominant depiction of inanimate subjects, both natural and artificial...

Top 10: paintings of musicians

Art history • 13 minutes read

My top ten paintings relate art and music in the way the former of these two forms of expression approaches the latter, immortalizing and making concrete its intangible sound. In fact, it was probably painting that first approached the abstract world of notes...

Top ten: male nude paintings

Art history • 14 minutes read

The female nude has been, since the dawn of human civilization, at the center of the art historical narrative, which, in a sense, has been more accepting of the externalization of this type of physicality, compared to the male nude...

Playboy model-turned-princess kicked out of $533 million mansion

Art News • 3 minutes read

Princess Rita Jenrette Boncompagni Ludovisi was kicked out of the Casino dell'Aurora in Rome due to an outside wall falling apart. The ceiling painting was painted by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio in 1597. Princess Rita and her family were kicked out of the Villa dell'Aurora due to the children from Prince Nicolo's first marriage.

Bacchus by Caravaggio

Art history • 8 minutes read

Caravaggio's Bacchus is a masterpiece of Baroque painting, depicting the Roman god of wine and fertility reclining on a bed of grapes and holding a goblet of wine in his left hand. The painting is notable for its striking use of light and shadow, and its intense emotional impact.

Caravaggio

Michelangelo Merisi • 13 minutes read

Caravaggio, whose full name was Michelangelo Merisi (1571-1610), was an Italian Baroque painter. He is known for his use of dramatic lighting and intense realism in his paintings, as well as for his tumultuous life and controversial personality...

The Nativity in the history of art

Giotto • 7 minutes read

Christmas, or the day celebrating the birth of Jesus, has been immortalized by many famous works of art depicting the Nativity, among which are noteworthy those made by Duccio di Buoninsegna, Giotto, Botticelli, Ghirlandaio, El Greco and Caravaggio. It is important to underline, however, that this theme has also been dealt with in a profane context, such as in the births painted by Chagall and Dali...

Caravaggio : 13 Articles

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