- Caravaggio - Wikipedia
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio[a] (also Michele Angelo Merigi or Amerighi da Caravaggio; 29 September 1571 [2] – 18 July 1610), known mononymously as Caravaggio, was an Italian painter active in Rome for most of his artistic life
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Caravaggio was probably the most revolutionary artist of his time, for he abandoned the rules that had guided a century of artists who had idealized both the human and religious experience He can be said almost single-handedly to have created the Baroque style
- Caravaggio | Biography, Paintings, Style, Facts | Britannica
Caravaggio (byname of Michelangelo Merisi) was a leading Italian painter of the late 16th and early 17th centuries who became famous for the intense and unsettling realism of his large-scale religious works as well as for his violent exploits—he committed murder—and volatile character
- 15 Most Famous Caravaggio Paintings - Artst
Michelangelo Merisi or Amerighi, often known as ‘Caravaggio,’ was a well-known European artist who is perhaps the most renowned Baroque painter who ever lived His paintings are characterized by a strong contrast between light and shadow, which became a hallmark of Baroque painting
- Caravaggio Paintings, Bio, Ideas | TheArtStory
Caravaggio pioneered the use of sharp contrasts in lighting to maximize dramatic effect, and reimagined religious figures by dressing them in modern clothes, and by placing them in modern interiors
- Caravaggio (1986) - IMDb
Caravaggio: Directed by Derek Jarman With Nigel Terry, Sean Bean, Garry Cooper, Dexter Fletcher A retelling of the life of the celebrated 17th-century painter through his brilliant, nearly blasphemous paintings and his flirtations with the underworld
- Caravaggio - Baroque Master of Chiaroscuro and Tenebrism
Caravaggio was the first of the Italian Baroque artists to adopt chiaroscuro as a prominent aesthetic characteristic, intensifying the shadows and deploying clearly outlined beams of light for emphasis and to enhance the storyline of the painting
- Smarthistory – Caravaggio
A key figure in Counter-Reformation religious art, Caravaggio’s focus on realism and use of tenebrism engaged viewers in profound moments of faith
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