From my point of view, Caravaggio is one of the hundreds of
uncomprehending souls of the artistic world. The controversy that his work has
made because of the infinite numbers of interpretations of it makes clear what
a character he was during his life time and still is after his death. For some
reason the work of Caravaggio reminds me of painters such as Botticelli and Rembrandt.
The first one because his clean and very well established technique and style,
and because the characterization of himself in his paintings. On the other
hand, it reminds me of Rembrandt because of the obscure or “tenebrist”
technique used in almost all of his paintings. I always say that when
interpreting a painting, it is essential to understand the painter first. In this
case, because Caravaggio is a very mysterious figure of the most obscure times
of humanity, it is almost very well predictable what passed through his mind
when painting. The first factor that can be assumed he captured in his paintings
was the unfair, dirty and almost unhappy society of his time. It can also be
seen the fight between light and darkness. This can be attributed to the
representation of religious pieces and perhaps his on fight for having a less
complicated life. As no many painters of his time, Caravaggio captured in
religious pieces his and the life of most people during his time.
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