Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio's use of light in his paintings could only be compared to modern dramatic movie lighting and his patrons were among the highest ranking Cardinals at the Vatican.

Tom Rhodes: Caravaggio: A Renaissance Badass In Fort Worth Tom Rhodes 2011

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was born in 1571 in the small town of Caravaggio, near Milan.

The Misery Memoirist James Hall 2011

Next, we follow Lievens's early, enthusiastic adoption of the manner of the Utrecht Caravaggisti, the Dutch painters who brought back from sojourns in Rome the cinematic "close up" approach, dramatic lighting, and startling subject matter of the bad boy of Italian painting, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio.

An Engaging Museum Show 2008

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was born in the town of Caravaggio, near Milan, in 1571.

The Art Thief Noah Charney 2007

An Annunciation scene painted by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio had been purchased, apparently straight from the artist, in 1598 for 120 scudi.

The Art Thief Noah Charney 2007

Born a week before the Battle of Lepanto in 1571, when Turkish invaders were driven out of Christendom with fearsome slaughter on both sides, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was just 6 years old when bubonic plague killed virtually every man in his family, including his father.

NYT > Home Page By HILARY SPURLING 2011

Caravaggio: a Life Sacred and Profane, shortlisted for this year's BBC Samuel Johnson prize, and he's directing his careful attention at The Supper at Emmaus, painted by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio in 1601.

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

"Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane" W.W. Norton, by Andrew Graham-Dixon: More than 400 years after his death, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio is more popular than ever.

ABC News: Top Stories 2011

Walking through the National Museum of Fine Arts, we quickly noticed that the walls were lined with art by Italians who painted in the style of their countryman Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio.

Slate Magazine Happy Menocal 2011

Ottawa's National Gallery is set to thrill art audiences this summer with the rare chance to see the paintings of Italian master Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio.

CBC | Top Stories News 2011