2/4 Who Killed Caravaggio ? - Secret Lives of the Artists

• Secret Lives of the Ar...
First broadcast: 2002.
Episode 3/3 When Caravaggio died in 1610 , he was 39 years old, the most famous painter of his age and an exile from Rome after killing a man in a street fight. But his death has always been a mystery, with no body, no grave site, and conflicting stories of what happened.
In 2001, art critic Andrew Graham-Dixon went in search of the true story of the extraordinary life and mysterious death of one of the greatest painters in western art, travelling from Rome to Naples to Malta and Sicily, meeting experts and scouring archives on the way. He uncovered the painter's criminal record, a trail of violent incident, sexual intrigue and conspiracy, and came face to face with some of the most profoundly spiritual paintings ever painted.
Graham-Dixon has been researching and working on the story of the artist ever since. Caravaggio's art has never been more popular, and now he thinks he may have found some of the answers.

[@sottoilsuoocchio1514]

I imagine Caravaggio as a double identity person, artist during day and a Zorro style dressed swordman during night.

[@kurts4867]

This should be made into a movie right now....

[@josephcusumano2885]

Im trying!...I'm trying lol...

[@josephcusumano2885]

I can even tell you who should play him. But hes starting to get old now.

[@susiefraser9182]

@@josephcusumano2885 Who do you think should play Caravaggio?

[@danielnichols5632]

@@josephcusumano2885 Nicholas Cage lol

[@latitudeselongitudes1932]

@@danielnichols5632 Please,no. Cage is a rubbish actor

[@mr.hadess.7885]

Love for Art often makes me watch things that I am unable to tell why.

[@timclemons8719]

Yet you just did!!

[@carmenpeters728]

He died on the beach of a septic infection , and the tide washed his body away. He mixed his own paints and very likely had lead poisoning. cadmium, lead, and arsenic and more probably polyester resin and formaldehyde. mixed with high consuption he definantly had brain injury.

[@paulwoodford1984]

yes, that’s pretty much how it was. He worked hard and played harder

[@tonyamore6877]

The Genius Caravaggio should be made into a Hollywood Movie!! Tony Amore Classical Pianist and Artist from England.

[@tinarider9945]

in the Name of honor..

[@meganlaneswift5778]

A good documentary brings tu further tangibility any topic;THIS HAS ACHIEVED THAT IN EMMENCE STROKES OF TEMPERED PALLETILITY.

[@edmunddonnelly3881]

11:15 He´s definitely tried that move.

[@WyattRyeSway]

What happened to the sound?

[@taran333tula]

Sound is muted because of a copyrighted audio track...

[@taran333tula]

I removed the audio-track...

[@claywalthall9485]

Not much good without the sound.

[@regie4422]

why?

[@paulwoodford1984]

i hate petty copyright issues

[@schadenfreude7184]

The thumbnail for this video looks just like that guy holding up two fingers in his card shark painting.

[@danielnichols5632]

So strange that a violent man painted Bible scenes

[@latitudeselongitudes1932]

As if there is no violence in the Bible...

[@devinkennedy4580]

He had to....the church was the only ballgame in town for commission paintings

[@MontyCantsin5]

@Daniel Nichols: Not strange at all. Religion is obsessed with torture, violence, and death.

[@keybuckley]

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