Caravaggio, also known as Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610), was a legendary figure even during his lifetime. Known as the "bad boy" of Italian painting, the artist was both celebrated and controversial: violent in character, precise in technique, a creative master, and a man who lived in the shadows. This work offers a comprehensive reassessment of Caravaggio's entire oeuvre, complete with a catalog of his works. Each painting is reproduced in large size, with recent, high-production photographs that allow for dramatic close-ups of Caravaggio's imaginative details and expressions. Five introductory chapters analyze Caravaggio's artistic career from his early struggle to make a living, through his first public commissions in Rome, and his ever-growing fame. They examine his increasingly bold use of light and a vividness that transcended boundaries, allowing even biblical scenes to unfold with an unprecedented immediacy before the viewer.