Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Entombment, Cravaggio


Title: Entombment
Artist: Cravaggio
Location: Vittrici Chapel, Church of Santa Maria in Vallicel, Rome
Date: 1603 -04
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caravaggio

  • Focus on naturalism with greusome details like the dirt on the toes
  • viewer in the pit, diagonal set up by marble
  • angular juxtaposition of bodies
  • extreme light and dark - one focus of light

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