1571 - 1610
A SHORT, BRUTISH LIFE.
CARAVAGGIO SPENT MOST OF HIS LIFE AS
AN ARTIST IN ROME. HIS PAINTINGS OF STRUGGLE
WERE DRAMATICALLY PORTRAYED USING THE
HIGH CONTRAST LIGHTING OF CHIAROSCURO.
CARAVAGGIO WAS OFTEN A VIOLENT, ILL-TEMPERED
MAN, PRONE TO BIZARRE BEHAVIOR. HE WAS
FORCED TO FLEE ROME FOR NAPLES, AFTER HAVING
KILLED A MAN IN A BRAWL. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF
HIS OWN DEATH REMAIN UNCERTAIN. SPECULATION
ON CAUSES RANGE FROM SYPHILIS TO BEING
A VICTIM OF A REVENGE KILLING.
NARCISSUS
1597 / 26 YEARS
NARCISSUS REJECTED THE ADVANCES
OF ALL WHO APPROACHED HIM,
PREFERRING THE COMPANY OF
HIS OWN REFLECTION.
INCREDULITY OF SAINT THOMAS
1601 / 30 YEARS
"UNLESS I SHALL SEE IN HIS HANDS THE PRINT
OF THE NAILS, AND PUT MY FINGER INTO THE
PRINT OF THE NAILS, AND THRUST MY HAND
INTO HIS SIDE, I WILL NOT BELIEVE."
JOHN 20: 25
TAKING OF CHRIST
1602 / 31 YEARS
"NOW HE THAT BETRAYED HIM GAVE THEM A SIGN,
SAYING, WHOMSOEVER I SHALL KISS, THAT SAME
IS HE: HOLD HIM FAST. AND FORTHWITH HE CAME
TO JESUS, AND SAID, HAIL, MASTER;
AND KISSED HIM."
MATTHEW 26: 48-49
CRUCIFIXION OF SAINT PETER
1601 / 30 YEARS
CONDEMNED TO DEATH IN ROME,
PETER REQUESTED HE BE CRUCIFIED
UPSIDE-DOWM BECAUSE HE WAS NOT WORTHY
TO BE KILLED IN THE SAME MANNER AS JESUS.
BEHEADING OF SAINT JOHN
1608 / 37 YEARS
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"AND HE SENT, AND BEHEADED HIM IN THE PRISON.
AND HIS HEAD WAS BROUGHT IN A CHARGER,
AND GIVEN TO THE DAMSEL: AND SHE
BROUGHT IT TO HER MOTHER."
MATTHEW 26: 10-11
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