Michaelangelo Merisi Caravaggio

Michelangelo Mirisi Caravaggio, Boy with the basket of fruit, 1601, Galleria Borghese

Caravaggio, conversion of st. paul, 1600,Rome, Cerasi Chapel in Santa Maria del Popolo

Caravaggio, Cruxifiction of st. Peter, 1600, Cerasi Chapel in Santa Maria del Popolo

Caravaggio, David with the head of Goliath, 1610, Rome, Galleria Borghese

Caravaggio, flagellation, 1607, Naples, capodimonte

Caravaggio, Saint Francis of Assisi in Ecstacy, 1594, Hartford, The Wadsworth Antheneum

Caravaggio, self portrait as Bacchus, 1954, Rome, Galleria Borghese

Caravaggio, seven works of mercy, 1606, Naples, Pio Monte della MIsericordia

Caravaggio, still life with basket of fruit, 1601, Milan, Pinacoteca Ambrosiana

Caravaggio, Supper at Emmaus, 1601, London, National Gallery

Caravaggio, SUpper at Emmaus, 1606, Milan, Brera

Caravaggio, the Beheading of St. John the baptist, 1608, Valetta, Co-Cathedral of St. John

Caravaggio, the Burial of st. Lucy, 1608, Syracuse, Museo di Palazzo Bellomo

Caravaggio, the Musicians, 1595, New York, Metropolitan Museum of art

Caravaggio, the lute player, 1595, St.petersburg, The Hermitage

contrast of light and dark caused by shadows

characterized by strong contrasts between light and dark, usually bold contrasts affecting a whole composition