http://www.arttrav.com/rome/caravaggio/ italy. art. travel. lifestyle. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:33:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.arttrav.com/rome/caravaggio/comment-page-1/#comment-11935 See Caravaggio like the Romans did (form ARTTRAV.COM) « CARAVAGGIO400 Thu, 03 Jun 2010 07:40:59 +0000 http://www.arttrav.com/?p=526#comment-11935 [...] In this post I list the BEST churches in Rome to visit Caravaggio paintings; I am only talking about those that can be visited in situ in Rome, rather than those available in museums like the Borghese. While museum lighting and display is great for close study of paintings, nothing beats seeing these works in their original location, as the artist intended, and as the Romans have seen them for centuries. There paintings were meant to stand their own in a chapel lit only by candles, so feel free to skip paying for lighting, and take the time for your eyes to adjust and your brain to take in their dramatic effect….  READ MORE ON ARTTRAV.COM [...] [...] In this post I list the BEST churches in Rome to visit Caravaggio paintings; I am only talking about those that can be visited in situ in Rome, rather than those available in museums like the Borghese. While museum lighting and display is great for close study of paintings, nothing beats seeing these works in their original location, as the artist intended, and as the Romans have seen them for centuries. There paintings were meant to stand their own in a chapel lit only by candles, so feel free to skip paying for lighting, and take the time for your eyes to adjust and your brain to take in their dramatic effect….  READ MORE ON ARTTRAV.COM [...]

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