Michele Frazzi

Caravaggio at the court of Cardinal del Monte (III). The Basket of Fruit

This beautiful painting preserved at the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana (fig. 1) was part of Cardinal Federico Borromeo 's Collection and is first described in a notarial deed of 1607: "A painting one arm's length, and three quarters of an inch in height, whe...
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Caravaggio at the court of Cardinal del Monte (II). Titian and Michelangelo's Medusa and the Furies.

This contribution is dedicated to the analysis of Caravaggio 's Medusa and the effects this work had on the art world. In order to put more emphasis on this painting, which represents a fundamental turning point in his painting, and to endow it with ...
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Caravaggio at the Court of Cardinal Del Monte (I). The alchemical mural of the Casino dell'Aurora

Introduction by Giuseppe Adani Michele Frazzi's studies turn with strong intentionality to the search for the composite definition of the social and cultural world that enveloped Michelangelo Merisi in his shuddering Roman years, and in this space-a...
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Correggio, painter of naturalness

It is not easy to talk about Correggio in this age where we are accustomed to strong emotions, excitable actions, sharp contrasts, we appreciate only what excites us violently. This temperament of ours, combined with the fact thatAllegri did not wo...
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