Caravaggio
The Life of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio Milan, 29 September 1571. The Duchy of Milan, under the Spanish Empire, provides the setting for the birth of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. He is known by several names: Michele Angelo Merigi or Amerighi da Caravaggio. His existence begins in a landscape of shifting political borders and heavy atmosphere. He moves through the world not as a scholar, but as a man of action and impulse. Rome becomes the center of his gravity. He spends most of his artistic life within its walls, navigating a city of intense religious fervor and fierce competi…
The Subject Atlas
A chart of Caravaggio's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Spokes — Subject
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Rings — Career Period
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Threads — Shared Context
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.