Caravaggio - Wanted Dead or Alive
Lectures
•
1h 1m
On May 29, 1606, Caravaggio stabbed and killed a man on Via della Scrofa in Rome. Wanted for murder, he immediately fled the city and spent the last four years of his life as a fugitive on the run. He went first to Naples, then traveled to Malta, Sicily, and then back to Naples again. While making his way back to Rome in 1610 after receiving a papal pardon from Pope Paul V, Caravaggio died from unknown causes. This free webinar examines those works that Caravaggio produced during this dramatic time of his life and that define his late career, as well as the murky details surrounding the mysterious death of the artist.
Up Next in Lectures
-
Leonardo da Vinci: Renaissance Ambass...
Seeking to soften the militant and belligerent reputation of the Lombard capital city, Duke Ludovico “the Moor” Sforza sought the services of an extraordinary artist and inventor from Florence by the name of Leonardo da Vinci. The artist’s arrival in Milan in 1481 marked a turning point in Milan’...
-
Treasures of the Capodimonte Museum i...
Join Dr. Rocky for this video lecture where we will explore the extraordinary collection of paintings in southern Italy’s most important museum of art. From Masaccio’s Crucifixion, to Titian’s Portrait of Pope Paul III, to Caravaggio’s moving Flagellation of Christ, Capodimonte is not the most fa...
-
Florence's Oltrarno District
Discover the beauty and internationally renowned artisan traditions of the rive gauche of Florence, Italy, known as the “Oltrarno.” From the 700-year-old Ponte Vecchio with its gold shops, to the majestic Pitti Palace, to the charm of the church and piazza of Santo Spirito, to the amazing frescoe...
