Dramatic illumination (Caravaggio)

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio 1571- 1610

Caravaggio was an Italian painter, his intensely emotional realism and dramatic use of light, had a great influence on the baroque painters.
The dramatic illumination by Caravaggio, his tenebrism, chiaroscuro, clair obscur was soon followed by many painters, who even called him the genius of Rome.
He burst upon the Rome art scene in 1600 with the success of his first public commissions "The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew"and "Calling of Saint Matthew"
An early published notice on him tells how "After a fortnight's work he will swagger about for a month or two with a sword at his side, from one ball-court to another, ready to engage in a fight"
In 1606 he killed a young man and fled from Rome with a price on his head.
Famous and notorius while he lived, Caravaggio was almost immediately forgotten afther his (mysterious) death, and it was only in the 20th century that his importance to the development of Western art was rediscovered.

link to wikipedia biography http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caravaggio#Biography

link to playlist of Caravaggio http://www.youtube.com/user/meesterschilders#grid/user/24E853CFFD63934D

The head on the plate is presumed to be a selfportrait of Caravaggio

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[badshans]

song please, thank you.

[ahtaeva]

Dear Chris, hello from Lithuania! Many thanks for this art video! I always look at your vid with big interest! As I understand, you've found the song about lonely day:) I'm glad to be your friend! Be happy! With love, Eva

[lilamagritte]

Buen trabajo. Gracias.

[rodiero]

great artist, very nice.

[bestjonbon]

I'm crazy about Caravaggio! They were having a big Caravaggio show across from my hotel when we stayed in London. I couldn't get enough of it. Thanks for this.

Cheers, John

[tamiatami]

beautiful video. thanks for uploading.

[megansspark]

I enjoyed this very much... thank you so much!

[genia106]

My Dear Chris,

Your video is BRILLIANT and the music is

PERFECT!

i LOVED IT!

Thank you.

[sabhti]

Thank you for the video of Caravaggio, the painter is that impressed me most, his technique is unique, love, thank you dear friend, a hug, Isabel.

[donchisciotte62]

There are no words to describe Caravaggio art, so my comment is... silence! ^_^

Thanks Chris!

ciao

donni