The Italian painter Savoldo was a master of subtle light and shadow—what artists call chiaroscuro. His works often depict sacred moments with a quiet realism that draws us in. In one of his most moving paintings, Mary Magdalene, we find the familiar figure identified by her jar of ointment and the faint shimmer of red […]
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While most of his contemporaries were painting in Baroque style, which was highly ornate and extravagant, Caravaggio had begun to switch to “chiaroscuro,” a technique that depends on the dramatic use of light and dark. Caravaggio’s life was quite the story. He had many run-ins with the law and was arrested on several occasions. In […]
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