JAMIE BRITTON recommends that we all buy at least two copies of a remarkable book of poems
The enigmatic rebel who wouldn’t be tamed
On the eve of the 450th anniversary of Caravaggio’s birth, JENNY FARRELL looks at what made his work so memorable
(Left) Saint Matthew and the Angel, 1602 original destroyed in 1945 and (right) the ‘amended’ version titled Inspiration of Saint Matthew, 1602
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JAMIE BRITTON recommends that we all buy at least two copies of a remarkable book of poems
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BORN 450 years ago, on September 29 1571, Caravaggio lived and worked in Rome at a time which saw the emergence of the middle class, the bourgeoisie, which brought with it the dawn of the modern, capitalist era.
Renaissance, literally “rebirth,” was the dominant artistic style of the period and it expressed the new elite’s political and economic confidence, while Reformation was its expression in matters of religion.
The new class needed to legitimise its claim to political power at all levels of society.
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