Medusa
Artist: Caravaggio
A close look at Caravaggio's painted head of Medusa: what the Gorgon's scream shows, how the round shield format shapes the encounter, and what the limited evidence can and cannot establish.
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The Entombment of Christ
Artist: Caravaggio
Caravaggio's Entombment of Christ shows the dead Christ being laid into the tomb by his followers. This docent-led visit explains the action, identifies the figures and the setting, and connects the composition to the Gospel of John.
Crucifixion of Saint Peter
Artist: Caravaggio
A docent-led reading of Caravaggio's Crucifixion of Saint Peter, painted around 1600 for the Cerasi Chapel. The account stays with what the supplied record establishes: the martyrdom of Saint Peter, the men raising the cross, and the painting's place within the chapel's Caravaggio cycle.
Saint Jerome Writing
Artist: Caravaggio
An attentive docent's reading of Caravaggio's Saint Jerome Writing, made around 1608 and held at St. John's Co-Cathedral in Valletta, Malta. The guide identifies the subject, explains the visible choices Caravaggio made, and places the painting in its early seventeenth-century context, keeping observation, interpretation and documented history distinct.
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