Michelangelo Caravaggio MBTI Personality Type
Personality
What personality type is Michelangelo Caravaggio? Michelangelo Caravaggio is an ISFP personality type in MBTI, 4w3 - sx/sp - 845 in Enneagram, SLUEI in Big 5, SLE in Socionics.
He was impulsive, moody, spontaneous, given to bursts of violence. He didn't plan out and prepare his work the way other painters did in his time. He was basically self-taught and didn't run a studio with apprentices or have apprentices do some of the work, as was the custom of other painters. He would go toe-to-toe in confrontation with anyone, physically and otherwise, no matter how powerful or influential. He was in relationship with many prostitutes and possibly was a pimp himself. He ran with a crew which was basically the equivalent of a street gang today and committed many crimes, including murder. Great fame did nothing to slow down these activities. He was utterly unconventional as an artist, and through his confrontational work, gave the proverbial middle finger to the Church officials who were his employers and also were the ruling political entity. He was on track to becoming the private painter to the Pope, the most prestigious role for any painter at the time, but wouldn't toe the line.
Biography
Michelangelo Merisi (Michele Angelo Merigi or Amerighi) da Caravaggio (29 September 1571 – 18 July 1610) was an Italian painter active in Rome, Naples, Malta, and Sicily from the early 1590s to 1610. His paintings combine a realistic observation of the human state, both physical and emotional, with a dramatic use of lighting, which had a formative influence on Baroque painting. Caravaggio employed close physical observation with a dramatic use of chiaroscuro that came to be known as tenebrism. He made the technique a dominant stylistic element, darkening shadows and transfixing subjects in bright shafts of light. Caravaggio vividly expressed crucial moments and scenes, often featuring violent struggles, torture and death. He worked rapidly, with live models, preferring to forgo drawings and work directly onto the canvas.
