>> who was caravaggio anyway?

Caravaggio was an Italian painter, from the (I think) 16th century. He's one of those artists that, when you see his work, you say, "Oh yeah, that guy!" It was pretty radical for its time in terms of lighting and composition , and Caravaggio's personal reputation didnt help much either. Derek Jarmann did a decent little bio-pic on him in the 1980s.

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