| Baroque appeared in Italy, and later was spread all | | | | century. His religious compositions address to the |
| over the Northern Europe. The Baroque period | | | | Counter Reformation liking for realism, austerity, and |
| embraces roughly the time from 1600 to 1750. The | | | | piety in art. Equally significant is his dramatic application |
| word âBaroqueâ denotes | | | | of chiaroscuro - contrasting spaces of light and dark. |
| âincorrectly shaped pearlâ in | | | | Caravaggio's influence on the art of his century is |
| Portuguese, and in this meaning it best describes the | | | | significant. He was fated to turn a great part of |
| different styles that are united under the Baroque | | | | European art away from the idealistic viewpoint of the |
| heading. | | | | Renaissance to the notion that everyday reality was |
| Caravaggio, Italian Baroque artist, is one of the most | | | | of primary significance. He was one of the first to |
| brilliant representatives of naturalism painting in the 17th | | | | depict people as ordinary looking. |