Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610) was born in Milan & triumphant in Rome, the artist was one of the most influential in history. The picture is of The Taking of Christ (1602) from the National Gallery in Dublin. Let’s take a look at this influential painter.

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The Temptation of St Anthony, by Martin Schongauer, 1470 – https://t.co/U2o6ebwE6i

The engraving inspired many artists after Schongauer including Michelangelo who copied it in his earliest known painting, completed when he was just 12 or 13 years old. https://t.co/iSdxqlATwX

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Pain shapes humans, like Michelangelo sculpting a piece of rock. We choose how that pain shapes us, regardless of the fact that pain will end us someday.
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Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio.
Nació el 29 de Septiembre 1571.

Milo Manara.

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“A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.” Michelangelo Buonarroti 🎨

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September 29, 1571: Italian artist Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio is born.

Caravaggio's life was certainly a dramatic one. But in my opinion, he was one of the greatest artists who ever lived.

🎨 Caravaggio, "The Annunciation", 1609, Musee des Beaux-Arts, Nancy

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Michelangelo Buonarroti🎨 “My soul can find no staircase to Heaven unless it be through Earth's loveliness”.

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I grandi maestri del passato.
Michelangelo Buonarroti, "Sibilla libica", 1509.

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If you had to date only one of your ocs for the rest of your life who would it be and why!! — I have only 3 stable enough ocs that I could live with, which is either Tommaso, Marlon or Michelangelo but, hey, the latter is also ric… https://t.co/qNnzaR8Ij2

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As a Kid i always identified myself with Michelangelo, but my Temper is more Rapahael 😜

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Just minted my next NFT on
Am super excited to show this you all!
Titled: Creation of an Ape
Inspired by Michelangelo's Creation of Adam.
Painted in Adobe Photoshop.

https://t.co/f7SHK8fieq

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Image from Michelangelo Caetani's, Figura Universale Della Divina Commedia (Overview of the Divine Comedy), 1855 ; see "700 Years of Dante’s Divine Comedy in Art" https://t.co/CtjhYN95rb

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