In this video, I take on Caravaggio’s iconic Medusa and recreate it using an unconventional method—painting with a squeegee. You’ll see my creative process from start to finish as I layer ...

Sick Bacchus shows an ashen-faced Caravaggio, making a mockery of his own Bacchus painting. The exquisitely beautiful, buxom virgins and saints of numerous paintings were prostitutes in real life.

The lighting, too, is deliberate yet simple, complementing Caravaggio’s signature use of the chiaroscuro technique of using intense light and dark contrasts to create depth and drama.

Much of Caravaggio’s art has religious themes. As well as his paintings in Rome’s churches, a Roman museum is hosting a major exhibition.

Art historians and clergy are highlighting the connections between religious belief and Caravaggio's "chiaroscuro." ...

Artist Caravaggio's faith shines in new Rome exhibit and at churches run by Pope Leo XIV's order The Roman basilica of the Augustinians — Pope Leo XIV’s religious order — preserves an iconic ...

ROME (AP) — The Roman basilica of the Augustinians — Pope Leo XIV’s religious order — preserves an iconic painting of the Virgin Mary by Caravaggio, the blockbuster artist who ...

In what’s probably the artist’s last painting before dying at age 39, and the last exhibited in the new show, Caravaggio also portrayed himself.