Italian Baroque Era Painter, ca.1571-1610 Italian painter. After an early career as a painter of portraits, still-life and genre scenes he became the most persuasive religious painter of his time. His bold, naturalistic style, which emphasized the common humanity of the apostles and martyrs, flattered the aspirations of the Counter-Reformation Church, while his vivid chiaroscuro enhanced both three-dimensionality and drama, as well as evoking the mystery of the faith. He followed a militantly realist agenda, rejecting both Mannerism and the classicizing naturalism of his main rival, Annibale Carracci. In the first 30 years of the 17th century his naturalistic ambitions and revolutionary artistic procedures attracted a large following from all over Europe.  Related Paintings of Caravaggio :. | Details of Martyrdom of St.Matthew | Alof de Wignacourt and His Page (mk05) | St Francis c. 1606 Oil on canvas | Supper at Emmaus | ung man med fruktkorg |
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Alexey Danilovich Kivshenko
painted Michail Illarionovich Kutuzov in 1880
samuel pepys
Born: 23 February 1633 Birthplace: London, England Died: 16 May 1703 Best Known As: Author of Samuel Pepys' diaries
James webb
1825-1895