Contents

 

 

Introduction

His Fate

The Early Years and Departure for Rome

Milan

Venice

Departure for Rome

The First Roman Works and the Church of San Luigi dei Francesi

The First Roman Works

The Paintings of the Church of San Luigi dei Francesi

Condemned to Exile

Naples

Malta

The Face as the Reflection of the Soul

The Birth of a Style

The Painter of Pleasures and Taboos

Caravaggio or the Aesthetic Revolution

Caravaggio in a Different Light

The Life of Caravaggio by Giovanni Pietro Bellori

Notizia by Mancini

The Curriculum Vitae of a Criminal Painter

Letter of 29 July 1610 from the Bishop of Caserte to Cardinal Scipione Borghese

Conclusion

Biography

Index

Bibliographical Notes