Just because the art is beautiful doesn\'t mean the artist was a saint .
It explores the question, "Why do we like magnificent art from Artists who were awful human beings?" For example, the Great Baroque painter, Caravaggio, who developed the chiaroscuro style of painting, was in constant trouble with the law, even.
Scoundrels, Cads, and Other Great Artists examines the lives of nine Great Artists who were less than exemplary human beings in their lives outside of their art. . .
Just because the art is beautiful doesn\'t mean the artist was a saint