How Caravaggio Painted His Life

Caravaggio’s demonstration of the power of art was using art as leverage to become a nonnoble in a chivalric order and to gain freedom for his crimes.

The Baroque style, used by Caravaggio, was the absolute opposite of any Renaissance painter that had lived before him and because of this; it was probably the reason why he became the most radical artist of his time. He deserted the rules that had guided a century of artists before him and because of his theatrical break in style from the Italian Renaissance; he carefully brings a completely distinct treatment of narrative. Caravaggio's action of form in his Conversion of St. Paul is extraordinarily different from Perugino's work of art. One of the choices he decided to use was instead of outlining Paul and his horse with lines, Caravaggio abandons this unique style and adds movement by using a painterly style in which he uses paint to create an image and not rigid outlines. He uses color and value to produce a unique form, causing a sense of movement in the figures. They are not locked in time like Perugino's figures and express the exact opposite message of classical, passive figures. These are strong, vibrant, and emotional figures. Perhaps the emotional aspect of the figures is created by Caravaggio's introduction of dramatic light and dark effects, termed tenebrism. This technique was a great breakthrough in art, which added great emotional effects and mystery to the art. Caravaggio doesn't light Paul with a clear even light like Perugino

An artist has the ability to connect with one’s audience through their art and the obscure connotations that appear beneath it, not just the image that lies on the surface. Artists Jan Van Eyck and Caravaggio communicate these implications through their work, utilising symbols and motifs. Van Eyck’s The Arnolfini Portrait (1434) explores the social status of the time, along with the issue of marriage between two unequals. Caravaggio’s The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist (1608) reflects the world of his time’s attitude on violence and the insensitivity of a positive resolution. Although, these two paintings showcase incredible technique and attention to detail, the context is what is integral to the audience’s understanding of their world

Caravaggio’s, however, was darker and more dramatic. Caravaggio started an intense style called tenebrism. Tenebrism is a more prominent form of chiaroscuro, where there are vehement contrasts between light and dark. Fred Kleiner best describes Caravaggio’s style, “In his art, Caravaggio injected naturalism into both religion and the classics, reducing them to human dramas played out in the harsh and dingy settings of his time and place” (Kleiner, 681). Caravaggio painted during the Italian Baroque in the 1600’s. Italian Baroque artists like Caravaggio embraced theatricality and extravagant ornamentation, while Renaissance artists focused more on precise classical models. Now Caravaggio wasn’t exactly an upstanding member of society, most of what the art world knows about him is through his police reports. Caravaggio’s Entombment was created in 1603 and, like Giotto’s Lamentation, depicts the death of Jesus. While they both depict the same religious scene and use styles that are new for their time, Caravaggio’s painting has some drastic differences from Giotto’s. Caravaggio’s painting is oil painted on canvas, which gives Caravaggio the opportunity to be more detailed in his painting than Giotto can with fresco. Caravaggio creates these intense dramatic scenes of diagonals and intense movement. Unlike Giotto, Caravaggio uses linear perspective to direct his viewer’s attention to the body of Jesus. Caravaggio does this by using a diagonal cascade of mourners descending towards Jesus’ body. Inclusively, Caravaggio started a darker, more dramatic movement that gave naturalism a new realistic element.

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio better known as simply Caravaggio was an Italian Baroque master painter born in Italy around 1571. After he apprenticed with a painter in Milan, he moved to Rome, where he lived for most of his life. His work influenced painters around Europe. He’s most known for his gruesome subjects and use of Tenebrism, which was a technique that used heavy shadow to

The Baroque period saw many influential artists and sculptors, however, for the purpose of this assignment I am going to reflect on the works of Bernini and Caravaggio. Bernini’s sculpture, The Ecstasy of St. Teresa and Caravaggio’s painting, the Crucifixion of St. Peter will be what I am going to discuss. Both artists rose to prominence during the Baroque era by employing the artistic techniques unique to the era and playing into the vast influence the Catholic Church held over creativity of this period.

Caravaggio lived through a dark period of time. His behavior, however became more and more violent as he began to challenge the beauty of art. He becomes more and more of a murder and uses more dramatic composition heightening his view of the situation.

I am writing about Caravaggio a famous artist in Rome. Caravaggio is known for his tenebrism technique that he used in his art. Caravaggio was known for getting in trouble by fighting a lot. He killed some on once and then not long after he fled Rome. Caravaggio has also painted a chapel.

Throughout the years artists have chosen to portray the same event in the forms of paintings or sculptures, but often, due to the time period and views or values of the artist the interpretations differ and the final products are vastly different. Two primary examples of this are Caravaggio and Gentileschi who are both renowned artists of the Baroque era and style, which encompasses the intensity of the colors, as well as the brutal subject matter that it entails. Figures 17.9 “Judith and Holofernes (c. 1598),” by Caravaggio and figure 17.10 “Judith Decapitating Holofernes (c. 1620)” by Artemisia Gentileschi both illustrate the same biblical story of Judith seducing Holofernes and decapitating him to free the people of his oppressive rule. Caravaggio and Gentileschi pick the precise moment of the decapitation and capture it with brutal realism. These pieces when glanced at have a similar resemblance, but when one looks more deeply their differences are put on display.

The first thing I’d like to look at in Caravaggio’s paintings is his choices of color and lighting. In his works he always used a lot of red for example in Salome with the Head of John the Baptist and in The Raising of Lazarus. Also, when taking into notice the placement and meaning of the color, we can see that there is a presence of an affect from the church. Red usually –in this time period- was seen as the devil’s color so in Caravaggio’s work I noticed that either the actors or accessories to the devil’s work are draped in red or if there is an act occurring there is red in the background like in Judith Beheading

On the pilgrimage to Canterbury, the Knight started off with his romantic story about two lovesick men fighting over a lady. Chaucer chose to follow this with the “Miller’s Tale” that is full of dirty humor. The Miller is drunk so he is able to get away with the dirty puns and jokes he tells. The “Miller’s Tale” is an example of a fabliau, a short humorous narrative. Fabliaux include sex, adultery, drinking, swearing, farting, and anything that would create a stark contrast between what would take place amongst courtly love in a royal court and what went on between peasants in more rural areas. Even though fabliaux talked about the lower class, they were enjoyed by the aristocrats. Thus the Miller is so eager to tell his tale right after the

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This painting exemplifies many of the characteristics of Caravaggio’s paintings, which is typical in the Baroque period.

He was a very prestigious man and many young painters looked up to the man. His techniques while painting have me at a loss for words. I had little to know clue coming into this research paper about Francesco Guardi but he has now turned out to be one of my favorite painters of all time. I love the work he did for the church using multiple canvases to capture the full image. His art looks so modern and beautiful to me and when i would look up some of his art i would find myself staring at the picture on the screen. It shocked me how clean his art was, its flawless from top to bottom. Being born in Venice, Italy during the renaissance period he had to be very very good to stick out. After finishing my research i really do enjoy Francesco, even to the point that I would love to look into him way more. He is now one of my favorite