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In the Christian world a fierce clash
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Caravaggio's Shadow

In the Christian worlda fierce clash

In the Christian world
a fierce clash

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In the Christian world a fierce clash...
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6 seconds
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28
Timestamp in Movie
01:43:51
Uploaded
Apr 24, 2025
Genres
biography, drama, history
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The Catholic Church secretly investigates Caravaggio as the Pope weighs whether to grant him clemency for killing a rival.
Between order and disorder. - Caravaggio's Shadow 00:06
Between order and disorder.
God and chaos. You're on the side of chaos. - Caravaggio's Shadow 00:06
God and chaos. You're on the side of chaos.
I immersed myself in his paintings, in their wonder. - Caravaggio's Shadow 00:07
I immersed myself in his paintings, in their wonder.
Never in my life seen anything so beautiful. - Caravaggio's Shadow 00:06
Never in my life seen anything so beautiful.
But you instill doubt in the observer, and the Church doesn't want people to doubt. - Caravaggio's Shadow 00:08
But you instill doubt in the observer, and the Church doesn&...
He takes beggars and thieves and makes them saints. Prostitutes become Madonnas. - Caravaggio's Shadow 00:08
He takes beggars and thieves and makes them saints. Prostitu...
The boys she loved transform into biblical characters, - Caravaggio's Shadow 00:09
The boys she loved transform into biblical characters,
Sir, you looked at my art, but you didn't see it. - Caravaggio's Shadow 00:07
Sir, you looked at my art, but you didn't see it.
Because blind faith has blinded their eyes. - Caravaggio's Shadow 00:05
Because blind faith has blinded their eyes.
Those abject figures, as you call them, are my God. - Caravaggio's Shadow 00:06
Those abject figures, as you call them, are my God.
- He speaks as if the sacred doesn't exist. - The bodies I portray are sacred. - Caravaggio's Shadow 00:06
- He speaks as if the sacred doesn't exist. - The bodie...
I object! You paint evil, disease, death, violence, putrefaction. - Caravaggio's Shadow 00:08
I object! You paint evil, disease, death, violence, putrefac...
No, I'm looking for new forms, new colors, new ideas. - Caravaggio's Shadow 00:06
No, I'm looking for new forms, new colors, new ideas.
Blasphemy! You speak as if the Church of Rome didn't exist. - Caravaggio's Shadow 00:06
Blasphemy! You speak as if the Church of Rome didn't ex...
The nobles who commission his paintings are rich because we let them. - Caravaggio's Shadow 00:06
The nobles who commission his paintings are rich because we ...
We're the ones who pay for his paintings. You exhibit them in our churches! - Caravaggio's Shadow 00:07
We're the ones who pay for his paintings. You exhibit t...
Everything belongs to us. We decide everything! - Caravaggio's Shadow 00:06
Everything belongs to us. We decide everything!
The renunciation of his art, the very act of painting. - Caravaggio's Shadow 00:06
The renunciation of his art, the very act of painting.
We cannot tolerate their paintings on our altars. - Caravaggio's Shadow 00:05
We cannot tolerate their paintings on our altars.
But painting is my life. If you take it from me, you take my life. - Caravaggio's Shadow 00:06
But painting is my life. If you take it from me, you take my...