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Bacchus,
God of wine for the Romans, Dionysus, God of wine for the Greek, was the son of
Jupiter (Zeus) and Semele. Juno (Hera), to gratify her resentment against Semele,
contrived a plan for her destruction. Jove took the infant Bacchus and gave him
in charge to the Nysacan nymphs and for their care were rewarded by Jupiter.
When Bacchus grew up he discovered the culture of the vine and the mode of
extracting its precious juice. Juno struck him with madness but he was cured by
the goddess Rhea who taught him how to show the people the cultivation of the
vine.
The name Bacchus came into use in ancient Greece during the
5th century BC. It refers to the cries with which he was worshipped at the
Bacchanalia, frenetic celebrations in his honor.
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Caravaggio (1573-1610).
Probably the most revolutionary artist of his time, the Italian painter
Caravaggio abandoned the rules that had guided a century of artists before him.
They had idealized the human and religious experience.
He was born Michelangelo Merisi on Sept. 28, 1573, in
Caravaggio, Italy. As an adult he would become known by the name of his
birthplace. Orphaned at age 11, he was apprenticed to the painter Simone
Peterzano of Milan for four years. At some time between 1588 and 1592,
Caravaggio went to Rome and worked as an assistant to painters of lesser skill.
About 1595 he began to sell his paintings through a dealer. The dealer brought
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