... , "The art of the past no longer exists as it once did. Its authority is lost" (127). The authority that Berger is referring to is the ability of art to define one's history. He believes that a certain class of people is not able to fully appreciate art and relate it to their own lives. Berger worries that this will affect their ... a picture that we couldn't transfer from our minds onto the canvass. Although Berger does not write a poem to capture the emotion behind Caravaggio's work, he uses the language of poetry - metaphor: "His darkness smells of candles, overripe melons, damp washi...

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