Session 5 · July 6, 2025
Naturalism and Early Baroque (Caravaggio/Carracci)
Galleries
611 (“A Search for Truth in Lombardy”), 620 (“Italian Baroque: ‘To Destroy Painting’”)
Readings
All readings are optional.
- Giovanni Pietro Bellori, The Lives of the Modern Painters, 1672 Excerpt: “Life of Carravagio”
- Gombrich, The Story of Art, Excerpt: Chapter 19, “Vision and Visions”