Caravaggio's artistic style was to use extreme dark and light, and few other colours, thus making a flash of red or yellow seem almost luminescent on the canvas. Art historians use various methods ...

To mark the 400th anniversary of the death of Caravaggio, Roger Law embarks on a journey to understand this shadowy, dangerous and controversial artist ...

After training as an artist in his hometown ... and dramatic chiaroscuro, Caravaggio shaped the Italian Baroque style of the Counter-Reformation era. Caravaggio was also notorious for his violent ...

The Maffeo Barberini portrait, with its sparsely coloured decor, "plays on light and shadow", Caravaggio's signature style, art historian and curator Paola Nicita told AFP. "The heart of the ...

A newly authenticated painting by celebrated 17th Century artist Caravaggio is going on show at the Prado museum in Madrid. Ecce Homo, which shows Roman governor Pontius Pilate presenting Christ ...

The Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto has unveiled his homage to Caravaggio’s Nativity masterpiece at the Sicilian oratory where the 17th-century work was cut from its frame and stolen ...

A portrait by the Baroque master Caravaggio, held in a private collection for over 60 years, went on display to the public for the first time at the gallery – part of the National Gallery of Ancient ...