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Art and Crime Part 1: Artists

Part 1 of the course will recount the lives of artists – famous and not so famous – who were the perpetrators or the victims of crimes. These include Caravaggio, who fled from Rome after being accused of murder; Benvenuto Cellini and Pompeo Leoni, two prominent Italian Renaissance sculptors; and Gianlorenzo Bernini, the dominant sculptor of the 17th century. Two great female artists, Properzia de’ Rossi and Artemisia Gentileschi, survived violent crimes and went on to produce significant bodies of work. Also, in this series we will look at forgers, including the infamous Dutchman Van Meegeren who made fake Vermeers.

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