Certain artists arrive to us fully formed. The Baroque artist Caravaggio — iconic for his dramatic chiaroscuro and stormy ...

Today would have been the 445th birthday of Italian Baroque painter Caravaggio. He died young, at just 38, but the world remains captivated by his dramatically-lit canvases, which often depict brutal ...

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Two of the 17th century’s most drama-loving artists are paired together for the first time in a new exhibition at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. The painter Caravaggio and the sculptor ...

A painting by Italian Renaissance master Caravaggio, once mistakenly thought to be by an unknown artist and nearly auctioned off, was unveiled at Madrid's Prado Museum on Monday. Painted between ...

400 Years after Caravaggio’s death, an incredible exhibition of the Italian master’s works shines in Rome’s Scuderie del Quirinale. The most perfect knee in the history of art appears in a painting by ...

Mystery swirls around the death of the great Italian painter Caravaggio, who died at age 39 after a dissipated life of street brawls, brothels, and boozing. Now, as art lovers mark the 400th ...

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. Something is hiding in Caravaggio’s blood. Look closely, and you’ll find words. In ...

While “cinematic” is wantonly thrown around when discussing other media, no word is so often misapplied in talking about movies as “painterly.” Usually it's a vague descriptor indicating wowing ...

This year marks the 400th anniversary of the death of the Italian artist Caravaggio, believed by many art lovers to be the greatest painter of all time. Rome, the city where he was both hailed and ...

A painting recovered from a family attic near Toulouse, France, could be a long-lost work by Caravaggio -- and may be worth as much as 120 million euros ($136.5 million). While some experts believe ...