Caravaggio

Caravaggio is a very prominent figure in the Baroque period of art. In fact, my ISMs book has a section dedicated to Caravaggism. He was trained under a Master who was trained under Titian.

His emotional realism is characterized by dramatic use of lighting. His practice of Chiaroscuro was what made the style definitive.

He lived a somewhat tumultuous life. He was know to fight and get in a lot of brawls. One of these brawls led to the death of a young man. He was forced to flee Rome for Naples.

Really beautiful paintings. His realism is the kind that I would like to combine with abstraction in order to refine my own style.