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What is Caravaggionism?

Caravaggionism is realism represented by Caravaggio. His works have a strong flavor of life, the secularization concept of religious themes, and the bold questioning and criticism of society, which is of progressive significance. Not only Italy at that time, but also European countries. /kloc-Many realistic painters in the 0/7th century were influenced by Caravaggionism to varying degrees (such as Rubens in Flanders).

The main features of Caravaggionism can be summarized as follows:

First, it has distinct characteristics of the times;

Second, it has a distinct people's character;

Third, there are some factors that criticize society;

Fourth, innovation in artistic skills.

Michelangelo merisi da caravaggio (1571-1610) was a famous Italian painter from the end of16 to the beginning of 17. His artistic career began after the death of the masters in the heyday of the Italian Renaissance. He is an outstanding realistic painter in Italy. He studied painting under Milan painter Pedro Chano, inherited the tradition of realistic folk painting in northern Italy, and was influenced by Venetian painting school. He was active in Rome, Naples, Malta and Sicily from 1593 to 16 10.