Caravaggio
Italian Baroque Era Painter, ca.1571-1610
Italian painter. After an early career as a painter of portraits, still-life and genre scenes he became the most persuasive religious painter of his time. His bold, naturalistic style, which emphasized the common humanity of the apostles and martyrs, flattered the aspirations of the Counter-Reformation Church, while his vivid chiaroscuro enhanced both three-dimensionality and drama, as well as evoking the mystery of the faith. He followed a militantly realist agenda, rejecting both Mannerism and the classicizing naturalism of his main rival, Annibale Carracci. In the first 30 years of the 17th century his naturalistic ambitions and revolutionary artistic procedures attracted a large following from all over Europe. Related Paintings of Caravaggio :. | Entombment of Christ | Magdalene | St Matthew and the Angel f | Rest on Flight to Egypt (detail) fg | David | Related Artists: griegPeriod: Post-Romantic (1870-1909)
Country: Norway
Born: June 15, 1843 in Bergen, Norway
Died: September 04, 1907 in Bergen, Norway
Genres: Chamber Music, Concerto, Keyboard Music, Miscellaneous Music, Orchestral Music, Vocal Music Rae IsoMelbourn 1860-Brighton 1940
Donat, Johann Danielpainted Emperor Leopold II in the regalia of the in 1806
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