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    his pieces and the only real way to do that‚ is to show the truth. Caravaggio wanted to tell the true story of his subjects. He did not want to idealize the truth like the classical works did. Bellori was known to have preferred the classical style. Caravaggio had some form of imagination in order to place the models as well as ingrain that drama that he and the baroque time period is oh so famous for into his paintings. Caravaggio would influence many artists to come with his strong use of depth

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    Notes - Sept 15‚ 2013 The Art Institute of Chicago Building was 1893 structure built as the World’s Congress Auxiliary Building and was built for the Columbian Expo. 5The Art Institute of Chicago opened as the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts on May 24‚ 1879. Chicago is a young city. 1577 painting… Artist moves with color El Greko‚ born Doménikos Theotokópoulos‚ was a painter‚ sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. "El Greco" (The Greek) was a nickname‚ a reference to his national Greek

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    and confronting. Artists have used light for a long time to stimulate the emotions of the viewer. Two artists that have used this technique are Bill Henson and Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio‚ or more simply known as just Caravaggio. Bill Henson is a contemporary Australian photographer‚ born in 1955‚ while Caravaggio was an Italian painter (1571 – 1610). When Henson’s photographs are viewed through the subjective frame‚ they are looking to induce an emotional response from the viewer‚ while through

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    The Baroque period encompasses many distinct styles due to the religious tension between the Protestants and Catholics. Through their baroque paintings‚ Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn and Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio were among the many artists to have different interpretations of the baroque style due to whether they lived in the north or south. Rembrandt’s Return of the Prodigal Son and Caravaggio’s The Entombment both show biblical scenes. However‚ the impacts of their paintings are quite

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    emphasis realism of everyday life.( http://www.huntfor.com/arthistory/c17th-mid19th/baroque.htm) An example of Baroque art is The Crucifixion of Saint Andrew . This painting is about what was going on in that time. The artist‚ Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio‚ painted about what was going on in that time in society. Romanticism was big on individualism‚ subjectivism‚ irrationalism‚ imagination‚ emotions and nature - emotion over reason and senses over intellect. Romantic artists were more interested

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    21-A. Pieter Bruegel the Elder. The Return of the Hunters. 1565. Flanders. Northern Renaissance. 22-4. Gianlorenzo Bernini. David. 1623. Baroque. Italy. 22-1. Gianlorenzo Bernini. St. Teresa of Ávila in Ecstasy. 1645–1652. Baroque. Italy. 22-B. Caravaggio. The Calling of St. Matthew. 1599–1600. Baroque. Italy. 22-14. Artemisia Gentileschi. Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting. 1630. Baroque. Italy. 22-23. Diego Velázquez. Las Meninas (The Maids of Honor). 1656. Spain. Baroque. 22-28. Peter

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    element in the line category. The water around the girl makes it easier to see that she is being dragged into the water. Shape and tone are important because the picture is not 3D and it is ‘cartoony’. Judith Beheading Holofernes‚ Caravaggio Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was an Italian Baroque style artist. He was born on 29th of September‚ 1571 and grew up in Milan‚ Italy. His family

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    Rubens‚a Baroque painter‚ has contributed so much to art more than any other artist‚ because of his unique expression of form‚ composition‚ and color. He created about 3‚000 works of art throughout his life‚ all of which are now scattered in museums across the world. He is well known for his allegorical references‚ pyramidal composition‚ landscapes‚ and depiction of the human form through his depiction of corpulent women. He influenced many painters as well as avante-garde movements such as the Impressionist

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    asleep‚ Cupid diligently wields a peacock-feathered fan to keep away pests‚ which makes the environment more safe and peaceful. Primarily strong contrasting lights and darkness display Gentileschi’s work‚ perhaps inspired by both her father and Caravaggio. Her paintings are all primarily bold compositions for example the way the subject matters are placed in the paintings you cant help but look at them‚ also the vivid colors Gentileschi used help with that too the deep red curtains and ultramarine

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    innovated by Annibale Carracci. To further establish the piece’s deep roots in the Baroque movement of 17th Century Italy‚ Procaccini’s use of light and shadow is much like the use of light and shadow by one of the poster boys of the Baroque movement – Caravaggio. In Caravaggio’s Calling of Saint Matthew‚ the lighting becomes one of the many points of discussion. That is because the lighting in this piece is cleverly used to draw the

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