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Late Caravaggio.(Report from Europe)(artists)(Brief Article)
Following its exhibition on Raphael's early years, the National Gallery in London is holding one devoted to the final years of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. According to the curator, Dawson Carr, Carvaggio was "one of the first great realists; that was his revolution. He rejected the idealism that was prevalent in Italy. His art is about expression through the human figure; he probes the psychology of his subjects and the settings are less important."
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Caravaggio was born in 1571 in a small Italian town near Bergamo. He studied under a minor pupil of Titian and made his way to Rome by 1592. There he prospered despite a tempestuous and violent temperament until he was ...
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