The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula & Painting Criticism or Painting as Criticism

Caravaggio, The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula.

Caravaggio's violent life and the cinematic intensity of his work have proved to be irresistible for centuries.

Read more via BBC: 

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20240528-the-1600s-paintings-that-led-to-goodfellas-and-mean-streets

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" . . . painting enjoys enormous intellectual prestige and that it has been the subject, in recent years, of many analyses and theories."

Read more via Esse:

https://esse.ca/en/editorial/painting-criticism-or-painting-as-criticism/