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Month: October 2026

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On Caravaggio’s Martha and Mary Magdalene

If you haven’t crawled from a hungover stupor to a Caravaggio fifteen minutes before the DIA closed for the night, you’re missing out. The Caravaggio in question is Martha and Mary Magdalene, a scene I don’t personally recognize from my limited understanding of Christianity. Mary holds a little flower close to her chest. Her other … Continued

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