Darkness & Light: Caravaggio & His World

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• Part 1: Introduction (124 Kb)
  - Cover
  - Contents
  - Education Kit Outline
  - Acknowledgements
   
• Part 2: Commentary (104 Kb)
  Caravaggio & His World
  - Introduction
  - Commentary
  Darkness & light
  The street life of Caravaggio's Rome
  Collectors & patrons
  Caravaggism: the spread of Caravaggio's influence
  - Caravaggio: chronicle of the artist as outlaw
  - Map: in Caravaggio's footsteps
  - Historical timeline: Caravaggio in context
  - The exhibition
  Why Caravaggio?
  Facts & figures
  The exhibition process
  List of artists
  - Caravaggio: saints & sinners
  - Vocabulary
  - Selected references
   
• Part 3: Images (1 Mb)
  Caravaggio and the Caravaggisti
  - Works in profile
  List of works and themes
  Colour images
  Commentary
  K-6 Looking and making
  7-10 Framing questions
  K-6 Key learning areas links
  11-12 Issues for discussion
  11-12 In-depth research
  - Caravaggio: for the record