Caravaggio
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Probably the most revolutionary artist of his time, the Italian
painter abandoned the rules that had guided a century of artists
before him. Through the use of his revolutionary techniques of selective
lighting, became a prominent painter in the Baroque period.
Discarding the traditional render ....
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.... During this time he fell ill and
was admitted to the Hospital of the Consolation, where he did some painting
for the Prior. Having no money, he moved into a decaying neighborhood
which suited his personality well. Caravaggio struggled to live in Rome
for the first five years. According to biographers he was needy and
stripped of every thing. Caravaggio never held a job for more than a
couple of weeks during this time, but when he did, he usually was an
assistant to painter of much less ....
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