“I feel as though the artist’s hands are coming out of the canvas towards me”

Helena’s back from the National Gallery. She’s prepared a brilliant mini-series of podcasts on the incomparably gifted artist Carravaggio. This is her introduction to the series. As always with Helena, it’s art history, art criticism, art appreciation and biography at its best.”

QUOTES

“the most modern of the old masters”

“few artists spoke so clearly and directly through their art”

“he had a criminal record longer than both arms”

“he was a very violent man, there’s no doubt about that”

“he’s an artist for our time but an artist for all time”

“the king of chiaroscuro”

 

One response to ““I feel as though the artist’s hands are coming out of the canvas towards me””

  1. Charles Piper says:

    Indeed is is valuable to reconsider Carravaggio.

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