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appalachiablue

(41,118 posts) Tue Aug 17, 2021, 06:52 PM Aug 2021

Caravaggio: His Life and Style In Three Paintings

- National Gallery, London. Curator of Later Italian, Spanish, and French 17th-century Paintings, Letizia Treves, guides you through the tumultuous life of Caravaggio. She looks at how his innovative style developed from a focus on nature and expression in his early works to the sophistication of his mature works. - Paintings and timestamps mentioned in this video:

- 0:46 Introduction to Caravaggio's life

- 4:24 Boy bitten by Lizard, about 1594-5
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/pa...

- 10:42 The Supper at Emmaus, 1601
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/pa...

- 20:55 Salome receives the Head of John the Baptist, about 1609-10
https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/pa...

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Caravaggio: His Life and Style In Three Paintings (Original Post) appalachiablue Aug 2021 OP

this is delightful... MisterNiceKitty Aug 2021 #1

Thanks for posting...much info on one of my favorite artists and his brilliant but short... brush Aug 2021 #2

MisterNiceKitty

(422 posts)

1. this is delightful...

Reply to appalachiablue (Original post)

Tue Aug 17, 2021, 07:06 PM

Aug 2021

brush

(53,764 posts)

2. Thanks for posting...much info on one of my favorite artists and his brilliant but short...