2nd+Period+-+Caravaggio

=2nd Period - Caravaggio= == = =

By: Zuria B.

Date of birth: September 28, 1573

Location of birth: Caravaggio or Milan, Italy

Parents’ names: Unknown

Family background: Michelangelo Merisi or Caravaggio was orphaned at age eleven. His father was a stone mason. The year his lost his parents he became an apprentice to Simon Peterzano from Milan. Simon was a painter and taught Caravaggio skills.

Date of death: July 1610

Location of death/grave: Caravaggio location of death was in Port' Ercole. He most likely dead of pneumonia.

Education: Caravaggio was the apprentice to Simon Peterzano. He learned the beginning skills and techniques to being a painter from him. Years later Caravaggio went to Rome. There he learn about art from other painters. His paintings were dramatic and realistic. H e favored the painters Lombard and Venetian.

Legacy: Caravaggio is a man of many talents with his painting skill. He painted a detailed oil canvas self-portrait. He did this with no help from any other painters. His technique of deep shadow made his paintings look so real as if you really were if the picture. One of his famous paintings was "The Calling of St. Matthew". A picture that reveals the story of everyday man confronting a being of a different world.

Additional/Interesting information: In Rome Caravaggio started exploring variety different styles of work. He had many portraits and biblical events in a group of paintings. While in Rome he lived in bad housing conditions. His works of art can be found in museums in New York and Europe.

Sources Cited (Caravaggio – 2nd Period)

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