Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, (September 29th, 1571 – July 18th, 1610) was an Italian artist active in Rome, Naples, Malta and Sicily between 1593 and 1610. His intensely emotional realism and dramatic use of lighting had a formative influence on the entire Baroque era; artists in the following generation heavily under his influence were called the "Caravaggisti". Famous while he lived, Caravaggio was forgotten almost immediately after his death, and it was only in the 20th century that his importance to the development of Western art was rediscovered.
No comments:
Post a Comment