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Chiaroscuro
What renaissance values are embodied in this painting?
Adds drama to a familiar biblical scene. (APEX)
His work was a reason why Michelangelo started Painting
Caravaggio
Bacchus was painted by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. This painting has been dated to circa 1595. If painted then, Caravaggio would have been only 24 at the time the work was made.
A painting by Italian artist, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. See link 'Italian Painter' at lower left for more information.
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tenebroso (APEX)
Chiaroscuro
painting and sculptures and he used his hands to do this art
Caravaggio made the technique of chiaroscuro a dominant stylistic element. He added darkening to the shadows. Although only living 36 years, his work had a formative influence on the Baroque period. Many fans feel that the work of Caravaggio is the birth of modern painting.
Caravaggio used foreshortening to bring the figure to the front of the painting and project him into.
The viewer's gaze is directed around the painting
Ecce Homo - Caravaggio - was created in 1605.
Caravaggio