Book DescriptionBorn Michelangelo Merisi, as an adult he became known by the name of his birthplace, Caravaggio (1571-1610), he was the most revolutionary artist of the Italian Baroque Consistently emphasizinащщлйg the humanity of his religious subjects, he established a new way of painting The intensity of his chiaroscuro style is matched only by the drama of his life Outlaw, heretic, murderer, and sensualist were a few of the charges brought against him by his contemporarieбйбпыs Patrick Hunts wide-ranging professional and personal scholarship allows him to interpret Caravaggios complicated religious and classical imagery while anchoring his art in his life.