100 Great Artists

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1606-(J9

1610

MICHELANGELO MERISI DACARAVAGGIO

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Lomb'''ly g'lt: him. I'.ssion for

r",,~sm and a <lis~kc of ideali",.;o",

later. in Rome. hi: ""uld ,lisco, · ..... th., thesc

were "','olu,ionary con""],,,. The modds

chu«:n roo-,.,in's and ,ul" licants in his rdgious

pictures were gt:nuine peosants with rlgs,

wrilllJcs and <tiny fttL Not surprisingly, this

ul,,,,t ,..-tJ.:l<lo% I'""" ts and m"'"Il ..... ' of the

public alile, who p",ferred the contri'Td

elcganet: of ""n""rum to Ca,."-.ggio'. <~Jwn·

to_crth ot..LTl"1tion.

C"'a,'aggio himself ,cry much admired

Midlel:"ngelo lIuona"ot; and I'aid h,""agt:

to him "" ..... al times. "Inc angcl's hands in 711,

''''pira,ion "f s, iIIanb""" p,inted for the

Con",relli C hapel, recalls God', Cua,io" of

Adam'lfl the SiStine Chapc:l ceiling: and in S,

Job" til< Baptirt ('"",b ,;:jtb Ram), the lin)" I","es

exactly lile Onc ()f the ig"udi, als() ()n the

Sisti nc cci ling.

It al"C:lrS th.1t C '''''"1ggio'. m<~h,. 1 wos to

p,int directly f",m his modds, with no

p«l,"ato'-y drlwing. This in'~C1n:s the US<: ()f