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Caravaggio (jun 30, 1571 – apr 18, 1610)

Description:

First important painter of
Baroque period
• Highly emotional scenes
• Use of tenebrism
• Considered a realist in an
age of idealists
• Criticized for use of
ordinary, gritty people as
models even for religious
paintings

Flash of light in a dark room=Caravaggio

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Date:

jun 30, 1571
apr 18, 1610
~ 38 years