"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

29 September 2014

Happy birthday, Caravaggio.

Caravaggio, Bacchus, 1571


Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was born on this date in 1571.


There was art before him and art after him, and they were not the same.

Robert Hughes

"Caravaggio," from Simon Schama's documentary, The Power of Art




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