The other afternoon endless scrums of tourists here jostled before the Caravaggios in the Church of San Luigi dei Francesi and the Basilica of Santa Maria del Popolo, feeding pocket change into the boxed light meters. It was probably just coincidental, but in the Church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva, nobody stopped to look at the Michelangelo.
Thu, Mar 11, 2010 - Page 14 News List
Caravaggio ascendant: Italian antihero’s time to shine
The Renaissance rascal is overtaking Michelangelo in the popularity stakes, says art historian Philip Sohm
By Michael Kimmelman / NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE , ROME
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