Raven and B sit down to discuss the life of Baroque's bad boy, Caravaggio. This one has it all: Murder, scandal, religion, and violent paintings with dramatic contrast.
TRIGGER WARNING: This episode discusses murder, rape, and mental illness (which also could have been poison, but we'll never know).
Sources
Graham-Dixon, Andrew. Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane. New York City: W. W. Norton & Company, 2012.
Moir, Alfred. Masters of Art: Caravaggio. Harry N. Abrams, 1989.
"Caravaggio". Wikipedia. Accessed April 30, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caravaggio
Images
Fig. 1, Merisi, Caravaggio, The Adolescent Bacchus, oil on canvas, 1595-1597, Medici family collections, Florence, https://g.co/arts/8nBDhciyQLPCNFtB7.
Fig. 2, Merisi, Caravaggio, Medusa, oil on canvas, 1595-1598, Medici family collections, Florence, https://g.co/arts/2QS1Kgrcrw4ZmHhJ9.
Fig. 3, Merisi, Caravaggio, Judith Beheading Holofernes, oil on canvas, 1598-1599, National Gallery of Ancient Art, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Caravaggio_Judith_Beheading_Holofernes.jpg.
Fig. 4, Merisi, Caravaggio, David and Goliath, oil on canvas, 1599, Prado, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:David_and_Goliath_by_Caravaggio.jpg.
Fig. 5, Merisi, Caravaggio, Sacrifice of Isaac, oil on canvas, 1603-1604, Casa Barberini, Rome, https://g.co/arts/Wk5B34PzPLDc91kQ6.
Fig. 6 (Cover Image), Merisi, Caravaggio, David with the Head of Goliath, oil on wood, 1607, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Caravaggio_-_David_with_the_Head_of_Goliath_-_Vienna.jpg.
Fig. 7, Merisi, Caravaggio, The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, oil on canvas, 1608, St. John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Beheading_of_Saint_John-Caravaggio_(1608).jpg.
Fig. 8, Merisi, Caravaggio, The Toothpuller, oil on canvas, 1609, Palazzo Pitti, Florence, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Toothpuller.jpg.
Fig. 9, Merisi, Caravaggio, Salome receives the Head of John the Baptist, oil on canvas, 1609-1610, The National Gallery, London, https://g.co/arts/YSa8H5xAZ9PLtGwK9.
Fig. 10, Merisi, Caravaggio, David with the Head of Goliath, oil on canvas, 1610, Galleria Borghese, Rome, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:David_with_the_Head_of_Goliath-Caravaggio_(1610).jpg.
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