Apr 3, 2024 · Across the eight-episode show, the eponymous anti-hero Tom Ripley (an excellent Andrew Scott) absorbs the cultural keys to the social kingdom on his identity theft quest, …

Apr 30, 2024 · Caravaggio features heavily in the Netflix series Ripley, in which the artist serves as a guiding light to the murderous conman played by Andrew Scott.

Apr 18, 2024 · Steven Zaillian’s version of Ripley is fascinated with the 16th-century Italian Baroque painter Caravaggio, so famed for his use of contrasting light and dark that he spawned stylistic acolytes...

Apr 7, 2024 · Throughout Ripley, famous paintings reflect themes in Tom's con artist story and link to his moral struggles. The Italian master Caravaggio's works are highlighted to emphasize the battle between good and evil within Ripley's Italian scenery.

Apr 9, 2024 · To tell the tale of a young conman, the new Netflix series, Ripley, leans on a number of Caravaggio paintings. See them here.

Apr 4, 2024 · [Spoiler Alert] At the beginning of episode 8, Netflix’s Ripley series took us back to 16th century Rome, where some guards found a dead body on the city stairs. The dead body belonged to a gangster named Ranuccio Tomasson, who was murdered by …

Aug 21, 2024 · Tom Ripley (Andrew Scott) viewing three Caravaggio paintings that in real life are on display in a church in Rome. Courtesy of Netflix. The use of Italian painter Caravaggio’s work in...

Apr 8, 2024 · Chief among these are the works of the Italian master Caravaggio, who also was a treacherous murderer — much like the show’s lead character played by Andrew Scott. Here are all the 8 iconic paintings featured in ‘ Ripley’ and what they symbolize. Related: Tom Ripley’s Mental Illness In Netflix’s ‘Ripley’ Explained: Is He A Psychopath?

Apr 4, 2024 · The very last moments of the series also show Tom Ripley recalling the moments of his two gruesome murders with a sense of pride and pleasure, as well as imagining himself as the modern-day Caravaggio, having created a life out of crime and deceit that is no less than art.

Apr 9, 2024 · Caravaggio was involved in several fights, duels, lawsuits, and attacks during his life, a reckless man eternally in debt and often described as drunk. His outbursts of violence are iconic.