Goya’s Visions of Fear: Witches and Saturn
Three figures hover in the air, their bodies angled downward as they descend upon a limp man below. His arms stretch outward, his body slack, as if...
Frank Schildiner 28 May 2026
The Cost of Devotion in Caravaggio’s Saint Jerome
Caravaggio, one of the most striking painters of the Baroque era, uses the figure of Saint Jerome to explore themes of devotion and mortality. In...
Frank Schildiner 30 April 2026
Desire and Its Cost in the Paintings of Caravaggio
In Caravaggio’s work, desire requires payment. The great baroque artist illuminates that impulses such as greed, desire, and sensual longing are...
Frank Schildiner 6 April 2026