Caravaggio, the Master of Light and Shadow (4/4)

Caravaggio, the #Master_of_Light and Shadow (4/4)
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The intensity of Caravaggio’s paintings was matched only by his tempestuous lifestyle. Despite being a hot-headed, violent man often in trouble with the law and implicated in more than one murder, he created striking, innovative paintings and pioneered the use of dramatic lighting and the representation of religious figures in modern clothes and attitudes. Working from life and without the aid of preparatory sketches, Caravaggio paired close observation of his models with the use of strong beams of light to focus attention on certain elements of his images, contrasting these well-lit areas with dark shadows elsewhere on the canvas. This use of chiaroscuro became a core part of Caravaggio’s highly individualized style and was widely imitated by his contemporaries. Even though he only lived until the age of 39, Caravaggio had a profound influence on the painters around him and on later art movements, notably Baroque art and 19th-century Realism.
Michelangelo Merisi da 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.

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In this section, a sample of Caravaggio’s most celebrated works is provided, with concise introductions, special ‘detail’ reproductions and additional biographical images.
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Painting collection:

#Caravaggio artworks [Caravaggisti]: https://youtu.be/ppOvwswr7EQ

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PART 1: https://youtu.be/TH8n4FSEvos

PART 2: https://youtu.be/DoCN2VgDayg

PART 3: https://youtu.be/uapiib0cs5k

PART 4: https://youtu.be/vkPGGaWPPfM

FULL PLAYLIST SERIES “Famous paintings that tell a story”: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list…

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Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
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– Born: September 29, 1571; Milan, Italy
– Died: July 18, 1610; Porto Ercole, Italy
– Active Years: 1593 – 1610
– Nationality: #Italian
– Art Movement: #Baroque
– Field: #painting
– Influenced by: Giorgione, Titian
– Influenced on: Gustave Courbet, Artemisia Gentileschi, Diego Velazquez, Hendrick Terbrugghen, Peter Paul Rubens, Johannes Vermeer, Georges de la Tour, Jusepe de Ribera, Rembrandt, Eugene Delacroix, Edouard Manet, Jacob Jordaens, Francisco de Zurbaran, Jacques-Louis David, Giorgio Morandi, Odd Nerdrum, Jan Cossiers, Caravaggisti, Francesco Ribalta, Gerard van Honthorst, Juan Bautista Maíno
– Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caravaggio
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0:00 Caravaggio, the Master of Light and Shadow
0:10 15, John the Baptist
4:54 16, Entombment
9:06 17, David with the Head of Goliath
15:20 18, The Martydom of Saint Ursula
20:50 “Caravaggio is the first artist in history whose paintings seem directly concerned with his own life. Ten years before Shakespeare invented Hamlet, Caravaggio painted Saint Francis in solitary dialogue with a skull. Caravaggio introduced soliloquy into painting at the same time that Shakespeare perfected it in drama.” – John T. Spike.

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