This book takes its start from a series of attempts to use Caravaggio\'s works for contemporary Humanitarian communications.
How did his Sleeping Cupid (1608) end up on the island of Lampedusa, at the heart of the Mediterranean migrant crisis? And why was his painting The Seven Works of Mercy (1607) requested for display at a number of Humanitarian public events? After critical reflection on these significant transfers of Caravaggio\'s work, Francesco Zucconi takes Baroque art as.
This book takes its start from a series of attempts to use Caravaggio\'s works for contemporary Humanitarian communications