does anybody know where the artist caravagio lived for most of his life, and did he go to art school?

Question

please provide your source, and pleeeeeeeez dont copy and paste a big long paragraph about him!!! pleez and thanx...

Answer 1

Michelangelo da Merisi, commonly known as Caravaggio, was born to Fermo Merisi and his wife Lucia Aratori in September of 1571 in the town of Caravaggio. Fermo was the majordomo and architect of the Marchese di Caravaggio, Francesco Sforza. The town of Caravaggio was located in the northern region of Italy (Lombardy) near Milan and Venice. Caravaggio grew up during the early decades of the Counter-Reformation and this was to play an important role in his later paintings. Michelangelo's father, Fermo died in 1577 at the hand of the plague.1 Shortly thereafter, Caravaggio became apprenticed to the painter Simone Peterzano (1540-1596) of Milan, a student of Titian.2

Caravaggio apprenticed with Peterzano and during this time he learned the necessities to become a painter, including how to prepare colors, draw and paint, and learn anatomy and perspective. It is important to note that in the Lombardy region a naturalistic tendency in drawing and painting was prevalent. Helen Langdon suggests that a "study from nature" may have been a part of Caravaggio's training under Peterzano.3

After his time with Peterzano ended, around 1588, Caravaggio moved between Milan and Caravaggio. By 1592, he traveled away from his homeland, stopping in Venice, then Bologna and finally Rome. Caravaggio's early years in Rome were plagued by frustration and humiliation.4 He resigned to working for various artists throughout Rome, painting religious devotionals or reduced to painting baskets of fruits and flowers. For a short period of time, Caravaggio worked in Giuseppe Cesari d'Arpino (1568-1640) studio, who had him painting flowers and fruit - the sort of task a painter from north Italy was presumed to excel at, according to Christiansen.5

Answer 2

it might help if you spelled it either:

carravaggio or caravaggio

both are used but i think especially the second. but if you type either into google you can find the answer.