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Gr 8 Up—This energetic, well-researched historical novel brings to life the temperamental, innovative Italian artist Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. In the late 1500s, the Roman Inquisition was underway, enforcing rigid Catholic standards that identified and punished heretics. Caravaggio was among the challengers—talented, brash, and determined to succeed on his own. He used real, ordinary people as models for religious figures and painted them against dramatic backdrops of light and shadows. Despite fam...Log In or Sign Up to Read More