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CARAVAGGIO, See also:
MICHELANGELO (MICHELAGNIOLO BUONARROTI) (1475-1564)
MICHELANGELO AMERIGHI (or MERIGI) DA (1569-1609) , See also:

ITALIAN

Italian painter, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in the See also:

VILLAGE

village of Caravaggio, in See also:

LOMBARDY

Lombardy, from which he received his name. He was originally a See also:

mason's labourer, but his powerful See also:

GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

genius directed him to See also:

PAINTING

painting, at which he worked with immitigable See also:

ENERGY (from the Gr. ivipyela; iv, in, ipyov, work)

energy and amazing force. He despised every sort of See also:

IDEALISM (from Gr. i5Ea, archetype or model, through been urged of the truth of its point of view is the persistency Fr. idealisme)

idealism whether See also:

NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble or emasculate, became the See also:

head of the Naturalisti (unmodified imitators of See also:

ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary nature) in painting, and adopted a See also:

style of potent contrasts of See also:

LIGHT

light and See also:

SHADOW (0. Eng. Schadewe, sceadu; a form of " shade "; connected with Gr. 6-Ore's, darkness)

shadow, laid on with a sort of fury, indicative of that fierce See also:

TEMPER (from Lat. temperare, to mingle or compound in due proportion, to qualify, rule, regulate, to be moderate, formed from tempos, time, fit or due season)

temper which led the artist to commit a See also:

HOMICIDE (Lat. homicidium)

homicide in a gambling See also:

QUARREL

quarrel at See also:

Rome. To avoid the consequences of his See also:

CRIME (Lat. crimen, accusation)

crime he fled to See also:

Naples and to See also:

Malta, where he was imprisoned for another See also:

ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to avenge a quarrel. Escaping to See also:

SICILY (Ital. Sicilia)

Sicily, he was attacked by a party sent in pursuit of him, and severely wounded. Being pardoned, he set out for Rome; but having been arrested by See also:

MISTAKE (i.e. take amiss)

mistake before his arrival, and afterwards released, and See also:

LEFT

left to shift for himself in excessive See also:

HEAT (0. E. haktu, which like " hot," Old Eng. hat, is from the Teutonic type haita, hit, to be hot; cf. Ger. hitze, heiss; Dutch, hitte, heet, &c.)

heat, and still suffering from wounds and hardships, he died of See also:

FEVER (Lat. febris, connected with fervere, to burn)

fever on the See also:

BEACH

beach at Pontercole in 1609.

End of Article: CARAVAGGIO, MICHELANGELO AMERIGHI (or MERIGI) DA (1569-1609)

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