Status Updates From Caravaggio: A Life Sacred a...

ok this book is going to be dense

“Some ascribed the fiery temperament of painters to the toxic qualities of the materials that they used. Lead white and vermilion were particularly poisonous. The mere touch or smell of either might cause a variety of symptoms including depression, anxiety and increased aggressiveness. Those suffering from ‘Painter’s Colic’, as it was called, also tended to drink heavily’.”