Bad Boys of the Baroque: Complicated Legacies || Art History Video
Gianlorenzo Bernini and Michelangelo Mersi da Caravaggio are two of the biggest names in not only the Baroque era but in all of art history. But, sometimes, historians tend to overlook their personal lives. This video explores their complicated legacies as both artists and men.
TW: Discussions of violence. Please do not watch if you are uncomfortable!
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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gian_Lorenzo_Bernini
https://www.thecollector.com/gian-lorenzo-bernini/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/caravaggio-may-have-died-infected-sword-wound-not-syphilis-180970374/
https://observer.com/2011/08/caravaggio-rogue-murderer-brilliant-painter/
https://www.biography.com/news/caravaggio-italian-painter-criminal-murderer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caravaggio#Legal_Problems_and_Flight_from_Rome_(1606)
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Accessible Art History: The Podcast: Episode 21: The Calling of St Matthew by Caravaggio:
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