Chiaroscuro

was indeed a sight to behold. Takayuki was completely unprepared, having spent the last few hours in the dark, blinded by the powerful beam of light that spread out in ever-widening circles. However, as the magnificent light created a beautiful chiaroscuro with the darkness

with bold lines; however, the main subject’s face, Judith, is smooth and light unlike the heavier with thicker strokes and paint used in the rest of the painting. Due to the horrific event, the scene is extremely dramatic. The artist utilizes chiaroscuro with high contrast between light and dark to create shadows and an

Caravaggio, arguably one of the best Baroque-artists of all time. Best known for his extremely detailed, and realistic style of Baroque art, which, when paired together with Annibale Carracci’ (1560 - 1609 ) classical style, allowed for him to overshadow the almost-mundane style of Mannerism. Though he was not considered the best artist of his time, when he was alive, he managed to reinvigorate religious art in both Rome and Naples, allowing for wide-spread change in the religious art world, that

4. The Persuasive Art by Caravaggio and its Influence on other Painters After the Counter Reformation, Caravaggio's emerging ability to depict new religious paintings highly depicting the human feelings and dramatic emotion in his Chiaroscuro style provided to be an important inspiration for many artists throughout the ages which included masters such as Georges de La Tour in France and Gerard van Honthorst in the Netherlands. 4.1 Caravaggio (1571 - 1610) Italy The Calling of Saint

Hendrickje Bathing is an oil painting by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn. It stands out amongst his paintings because it appears to be painted from a true experience. Rembrandt uses several techniques to show the sensuality of the woman. Hendrickje Bathing depicts a woman tentatively entering a river. She is lifting her dress and almost exposing herself to the viewer. The curved neckline of her dress reveals the shape of her breasts formed by the contrasting tonal values. The angle of her face suggests

Her father was a painter named Orazio Gentileschi, who taught her how to draw and paint. Influenced by Caravaggio's work, Gentileschi also used chiaroscuro in her work and created beautifully dramatic pieces. Like Caravaggio, she also was able to depict a moment of elevated drama in her work and was totally capable of emphasizing it. In the time that she lived, women generally were not painters;

The style that followed the Renaissance is usually called ‘Baroque’. ‘But, while it is easy to identify the earlier style by definite marks of recognition, this is not so simple in the case of Baroque.’ Baroque is considered to be ‘one of the great periods of art history’, and it is generally identified as being developed by Caravaggio, Gianlorenzo Bernini and Annibale Carracci. The Baroque period developed in Europe in around 1600, and it can be seen partly as a reaction against the intricate and

Chiaroscuro is also evident due to the illusion of light and shadow as the light source is coming from the top. Casting shadow on the table. There are areas of strong contrast such as the light color of fruit against the dark background. Sfumato is also evident

and from this you can sense the type of life this woman must have had to of led. You can see a look of almost disgust on the face of Judith as she is pulling the hair of the man and pulling herself back from the scene. Caravaggio also used a Chiaroscuro method in this piece. There is a dramatic use of lights and darks and this gives the piece many lighting effect. The shadows on the man’s chest and shadows on Judith’s neck. Caravaggio also uses Co-extensive space. The use of this aspect of art

Paintings from the High Renaissance and Mannerist Period Mannerism emerged and rejected the classical Greco-Roman art in the 1520s, which constituted to the Renaissance era. The Mannerist works challenged the Renaissance style and the interest in human anatomy, perspective, and proportion (Kleiner 600). In contrast to the Late Renaissance painters where they were inclined to create naturalistic art, Mannerist painters honed in creating art that was unrealistic by portraying ambiguous space, unusual