


Discover Caravaggio’s Rome with Andrew Graham Dixon
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Few artists can be counted as influential as Michelangelo Merisi, called Caravaggio after the town in Lombardia where he was raised. Orphaned by the age of 13, Caravaggio was a tortured genius known as much for his destructive and ultimately murderous temper as his art. His skill as a painter though was beyond doubt. He transformed chiaroscuro into dramatic tenebrism, revealing his characters theatrically in rays of light. He was a quick worker who painted directly onto the canvas. What made him revolutionary, though, was his radical naturalism, which saw him paint ordinary looking people in graphic detail, allowing him to offer rare psychological insights. He brought this naturalism even to his sacred subjects; his depiction of Our Lady in the Pilgrim's Madonna caused a sensation because it audaciously depicted her barefooted.
While Caravaggio painted in different cities, including Naples and Valletta, it was in Rome that he made his name. From an inauspicious beginning, selling his art on the street, Caravaggio became the most famous painter in a city which provided him numerous opportunities and commissions. This tour invites you the appreciate some of his most spectacular works in the company of Andrew Graham-Dixon, one of the nation’s foremost art critics and author of Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane.
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Andrew Graham-Dixon
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Andrew Graham-Dixon is a leading British art historian and broadcaster.

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Included in your cost:
- Celebrity Guest
- Professional Tour Manager
- Local Guide
- Local travel aboard a private air-conditioned coach
- Accommodation
- Meals as per the itinerary, wine and tea or coffee with dinner
- Entries to all sites as per the itinerary
- All taxes & gratuities
- All transport taxes
Tour Departure | Tour ID | Departure date | Return Date | Guided by | Price | Deposit | Single Supp. | Offer | Availability |
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13 October 2021 | ATRC211013 | 13 October 2021 (Wednesday) | 17 October 2021 (Sunday) | Andrew Graham-Dixon | £2,695 (inc. flights) |
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