Rembrandt v.s caravaggio-the great two artists in Baroque

br Carracci . His painting fall into two groups . One group consists of flowers , still life and fragments from the everyday life of people of rather than exalted station something quite unheard of at a time when art was governed by aesthetics of grandeur . Caravaggio said on several occasions that the painting of flowers cost him as much effort as major compositions . At that time , this seemed an extraordinary observation The other group is made up of the large religious canvases of the 1600-1606 periods , where Caravaggio is as though trying to demonstrate

his ability to paint in the manner of his famous contemporaries Whatever his intentions , those paintings are different . As someone rightly pointed out , hid religious paintings have no trace of heaven the saints have no haloes and no attributes , the Holy Virgin is depicted without angels or palatial architecture and everything is stripped of pathos

Following Caravaggio 's lead , Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn is the Netherlands ' most famous artist . He is best known for his portraits and for his paintings of scenes from the Bible . In many of his paintings Rembrandt used a style called chiaroscuro , a strongly contrasting treatment of light and shade in drawing and painting (Niz 9 . Translated from the Italian word means half-revealed ' He copied this style from Caravaggio . During his lifetime , Rembrandt was a wildly successful portraits painter . His paintings are characterized by luxuriant brushwork , rich colour , and a mastery of chiaroscuro . Numerous portraits and self-portraits exhibit a profound penetration of character . His drawings constitute a vivid record of contemporary Amsterdam life . The greatest artist of the Dutch school , he was a master of light and shadow whose paintings , drawings , and etchings made him a giant in the history of art

Today his reputation rests principally on the probing , introspective paintings of his late...