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Baroque art

Drama, movement and light in 17th-century art.

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Helps to know first: The Renaissance
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Caravaggio's paintings use dramatic contrasts of strong light and deep shadow. Give the Italian term for this use of light and dark.
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The term combines the Italian words for 'light/clear' and 'dark'.

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