Michelangelo Merisi, better known as Caravaggio, was a hot-headed, anti-social outlaw and murderer who despite a short lifespan created a sensation with a bold, naturalistic style of painting that evoked intense drama and emotion. Author Ross King explores the life and times of this complicated man and puts his innovative paintings and notorious lifestyle into the context of the turbulent first decade of the 17th century in Rome. (World Art History Certificate elective, 1/2 credit)