Caravaggio, Entombment, 1602 - 1603 Patron is Philip Neri; led Congregation of the Orator. He was a mystic and emphasized counter reformation values. He was also a missionary to the poor, and believed, like Christ, that the street urchins were worth saving. Sort of kindred spirits with Caravaggio Has the three Marys (The Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalene, and Mary sister of Martha) One of the rare instances that the Virgin Mary is actually shown in a realistic age in comparison to her son.

Caravaggio, Entombment, 1602 - 1603

  • Patron is Philip Neri; led Congregation of the Orator. He was a mystic and emphasized counter reformation values. He was also a missionary to the poor, and believed, like Christ, that the street urchins were worth saving. Sort of kindred spirits with Caravaggio
  • Has the three Marys (The Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalene, and Mary sister of Martha)
  • One of the rare instances that the Virgin Mary is actually shown in a realistic age in comparison to her son.
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during my first ever survey of western art class, my professor explained the difference between historians and art historians. historians, she said, were interested in old things. art historians, on the other hand, were interested in old things of quality. you don't hang garbage up on the walls of a museum; it has to be substantial and it has to mean something. so here you go; old things, made mostly by dudes long dead, of debatable degrees of quality but always with a constant level of importance. think of this as a deck of flash cards... sans the whole cards part.

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