chiaroscuro
Tenebrism means using light as a spotlighting
effect in a murky or dark scene.
alla prima-directly onto canvas; paints
directly form life
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Caravaggio
(Michelangelo Meresi Caravaggio) Boy Being Bitten by a Lizard c1600 Italian Baroque Tenebrism means using light as a spotlighting effect in a murky or dark scene. alla prima-directly onto canvas; paints directly form life Definition: Alla prima is a style of painting where, instead of building colors up with layers or glazing over an underpainting, the painting is completed while the paint is still wet. Strictly defined, an alla prima painting would be started and finished in one painting session, but the term is also more loosely applied to any painting done in a direct, expressive style, with minimal preparation. Alla prima comes from Italian, literally meaning "at once". The French term is premier coup.
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Michelangelo Meresi Caravaggio Called Carvaggio Boy Being Bitten by a Lizard c1600 Italian Baroque |
Strangers on a Train |
Caravaggio, Basket of Fruit c. 1597 Oil on canvas, 46
x 64 cm Italian Baroque
Caravaggio. Boy witha Basket of Fruit c1593
oil on canvas, 27.5x26"
Italian Baroque
Caravaggio, Supper at Emmaus c1601
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Caravaggio, Conversion of St. Paul, 1601
Italian Baroque Tenebrism means using light as a spotlighting |
Caravaggio, Calling of St. Matthew, 1597-1601, Oil on canvas, located in the Contarelli Chapel, San Luigi dei Francesi. 1569-1609
St. Matthew Cycle (Contarelli Chapel) c1602
Rome,St.Luigi dei Francesi
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Caravaggio St. Matthew and the Angel |
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Rembrandt St. Matthew and the Angel 1661 Caravaggisti- a follower of Caravaggio |