The Rebel Artist - Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
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Caravaggio (1571 - 1610) was a leading Italian painter famous for the severe realism of his religious paintings. He broke from the Renaissance style of art and instead worked with live artist's models and portrayed commoners in his art. Absolutely scandalous! He was a violent man - a murderer, a rule breaker, a troublemaker, a homosexual. No surprise that he was not popular with those who mattered - the high class. Yet they did commission him for works of art only to reject them for not obeying propriety. During his lifetime his paintings did prove to be in demand with certain collectors. For that we may be thankful for after his death at a young age he was ignored for centuries. In the 20th century he became recognized for the groundbreaker that he was. His works are even considered as the beginning of modern art. In my mind it appears that he lived the life of a rock star - "Live fast, die young." Rock on.
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