Over 400 years after his death, the paintings of Italian Baroque pioneer Caravaggio remain as affecting, groundbreaking and influential as ever before. He painted with an inimitable sense of realism, his figures, whether common card sharks or Biblical heroes, sporting torn robes, dirty fingernails and highly individualised faces that convey remarkable psychological depth. He approached traditional themes (from still lifes to holy scenes) with breathtaking originality,…
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