This film is about the life and work of Italian painter Caravaggio. In 1600 he caused a sensation in Rome with his altar piece and two canvases for the side walls in the Contrarelli Chapel. Concentrating on religious subjects his leaning was towards the dramatic and the macabre. During the last nine years of his young life (he died at 37 years) he created his greatest work. Caravaggio restricted his palette to the use of one strong color - a warm red. Examples of his work shown are “Supper at Emmaus”, “Road to Calvary”, “Bacchus” and “Narcissus”. Narrated by Sir Kenneth Clark.
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ACMI Identifier
003798
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Italy
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Study and teaching
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Themes, motives
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art and religion
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art appreciation
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art, Italian
Crafts & Visual Arts → Artists
Crafts & Visual Arts → Artists - Italy
Crafts & Visual Arts → Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da, 1573-1610
Crafts & Visual Arts → Painting, Italian
Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Art - Study and teaching
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)