Caravaggio's technique

Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi - Caravaggio's technique



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hghCPsc55jg

A more detailed discussion is available at
http://www.whitfieldfineart.com/WHITFIELD_FINE_ART/caravaggio.html

In this video we have tried to show how Caravaggio must have been influenced by Giambattista Della Porta's knowledge of concave mirrors and the images one can project from them, in his development of his chiaroscuro style.