The Last Caravaggio with Lydia Bauman

This lecture based on the exhibition at London’s National Gallery will present an opportunity to explore Caravaggio and his late paintings.

Caravaggio reduces the stories in his paintings to their essentials, focusing on the human tragedy and conveying the scene’s emotional power through a more muted palette, pronounced chiaroscuro and dramatically choregraphed gestures.

Characteristic of Caravaggio’s mature works, the composition appears simple but hides a sophisticated physical and psychological interplay between the main protagonists.