Walls are adorned with Caravaggio style paintings.

这里墙上装饰着卡拉瓦乔风格的画作。

But Caravaggio didn't like anyone much who threw their weight around.

但是卡瓦拉乔可不待见这种喜欢仗势欺人的主儿。

So, Papal Rome had its Caravaggio, 17th-century Amsterdam had its Rembrandt.

所以罗马教皇拥有卡拉瓦乔, 17世纪的阿姆斯特丹拥有伦勃朗。

Who better than Caravaggio to paint the death of Mary?

还有谁比卡瓦拉乔更适合来创作“圣母玛丽亚之死”呢？

This innocent image was reinforced centuries later by Renaissance painters like Caravaggio and Nicolas Poussin.

几个世纪后，像卡拉瓦乔和尼古拉斯·普桑这样的文艺复兴画家加强了这种天真的形象。

Now, normally being a convicted murderer would be an insurmountable obstacle to admission. Not for Caravaggio.

现在说来，常理上一个通缉犯的身份应该成为他得到认可的难以逾越的障碍，但是卡瓦拉乔却另当别论。

He said: " They seemed to react much better to Caravaggio than to Monet."

“它们对卡拉瓦乔的反应似乎比对莫奈的反应好得多。”

So how do you top Caravaggio? Answer: you can't, but in sculpture.

那么怎样才能超越卡瓦拉乔呢？答案是你不能，除非是在雕刻方面。

But in Caravaggio's case, salvation doesn't come that easily.

但是对于卡瓦拉乔来说，救赎却来得不那么容易。

Caravaggio has signed this picture, writing his name in the blood of John the Baptist.

他给这幅画签了名，把他的名字写在了施洗者圣约翰的血泊中。

Here it's Caravaggio who's the embodiment of wickedness.

而这里的卡瓦拉乔却是邪恶的化身。

So Caravaggio sets about repaying him the only way he can. The only way he's ever got anywhere.

所以卡瓦拉乔只有用他仅有的方式来进行回报，这也是他最后的救命稻草了。

They loved Italian art and they brought paintings of Bellini, Botticelli, Mantegna, Caravaggio.

他们热爱意大利艺术，带来了贝里尼、波提切利、曼特尼亚和卡拉瓦乔的画作。

The blood spraying from the severed artery in Caravaggio's looks stilted and artificial by comparison.

相比之下，卡拉瓦乔作品中被切断的动脉喷出的鲜血显得生硬和做作。

Caravaggio's art crashes the safety barrier of the frame.

卡瓦拉乔的作品突破了构图的安全区。

Honour besmirched, Caravaggio explodes in fury, wants to challenge Pasqualone to a duel but the coward won't wear a sword by day.

名誉受损令得卡瓦拉乔勃然大怒，他要与Pasqualone决斗，但是到了决斗那天，那个胆小鬼却没有带佩剑。

Caravaggio makes the sinner, not the saint, the hub on which everything spins.

卡瓦拉乔让刺客成为一切的围绕的中心，而不是圣徒。

Naples. Here, in a city where cutting the odd throat is nothing to get worked up about, Caravaggio is a celebrity.

那不勒斯，在这个城市，人们才不关心谁是杀人凶手，在这里卡瓦拉乔是个明星。

And for this instant of redemptive transformation, Caravaggio had another stunning idea.

这瞬间的救赎转型，让卡瓦拉乔有了一个令人震惊的想法。

One of his patrons makes the right noises and introduces Caravaggio to the holy order of the Knights of St John.

他的一个资助人这时恰好站出来说话了，他给卡拉瓦乔在圣约翰骑士团介绍了个圣职。