caravaggio

David's victory over Goliath by Caravaggio

caravaggio

By MMaxi

Caravaggio Biography Full Name:Michelangelo Merisi di CaravaggioBorn:1571Died:1610Michelangelo Merisi left his birth town of Caravaggio in the north of Italy to study as an apprentice in nearby Milan. In 1593 he moved to Rome, impatient to use his talents...

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Caravaggio

caravaggio

By MMaxi

Caravaggio, byname of Michelangelo Merisi, Italian painter whose revolutionary technique of tenebrism, or dramatic, selective illumination of form out of deep shadow, became a hallmark of Baroque painting. Scorning the traditional idealized interpretation...

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