explain the shift from the Renaissance to the Baroque. What cultural events contributed to the art changes during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries? In your discussion, explain Caravaggio's contributions to the Baroque. Discuss at least one of Caravaggio's paintings that demonstrates his contributions.

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Anastasia Santiago

26 August, 00:40

explain the shift from the Renaissance to the Baroque. What cultural events contributed to the art changes during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries? In your discussion, explain Caravaggio's contributions to the Baroque. Discuss at least one of Caravaggio's paintings that demonstrates his contributions.

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Jamie Horne · Answer 1

Caravaggio (byname of Michelangelo Merisi) was a leading Italian painter of the late 16th and early 17th centuries who became famous for the intense and unsettling realism of his large-scale religious works as well as for his violent exploits-he committed murder-and volatile character.