The image is stark and shocking. A decapitated head, her eyes open, her mouth agape in a silent scream, her hair a nest of still-hissing snakes. Blood pours out from her severed neck. She is not quite ...

Apre domani 26 giugno la mostra 'La pittura di Realtà, Caravaggio e i caravaggeschi' curata dal noto critico d'arte Vittorio Sgarbi. Tra le opere più importanti 'La Medusa Murtola', dipinta da ...

A wax reconstruction of a Caravaggio painting in Rome in 2010. Italian art sleuths announced on Friday they have successfully authenticated a painting of the snake-haired Medusa from Greek mythology ...

Firenze, 17 febbraio 2018 - Quella testa mozza, coronata di serpenti e circondata da animali raccapriccianti, non sarà più capace di pietrificare, ma continua ad attrarre e a terrificare con lo ...

The late 16 th - and early 17 th-century painter Caravaggio, born with the name Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, made history with his use of dramatic techniques and exploration of drama and passion ...

Caravaggio is one of the most famous painters of the Baroque era of Arts. His paintings are lively, dramatic, usually tell an underlying story, and best of all, extremely expressive. Be it the eyes of ...

Caravaggio, an Italian painter of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, changed the way people saw art with his unique style and ability to infuse life in mere canvases and oil paintings. He used ...

Caravaggio’s work is reputed to be a self-portrait says Professor Marie-Louise Crawley as she reexamines this classic through a contemporary lens The image is stark and shocking. A decapitated head, ...