Art 5
Name _________________________
Art History of the Western World:
Date Due: March 13, 2006
1400 Through Contemporary
You earned __________ out of 25 possible points.
Worksheet #5
Chapter 19: Baroque Art in Europe and North America

The famous painter Poussin said that Caravaggio "was born to destroy the art of painting." Why was Caravaggio so highly criticized?
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In the late 16th century, why did Renaissance art appear to be exhausted?
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What two innovations made Caravaggio's approach revolutionary?
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Raphael. Entombment. 1508.
Caravaggio. Entombment. 1603 - 4.
Compare and contrast the entombment depictions by Raphael and Caravaggio. (To see a larger version of Raphael's painting go to: http://employees.oneonta.edu/farberas/arth/Images/110images/sl11_images/Raphael_Entomb.jpg) What style is each work? Discuss Caravaggio's use of chiaroscuro and foreshortening. How does Caravaggio's approach differ from Raphael's? What influence did the Counter Reformation have in Caravaggio's new approach?
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