The exhibition also explores how Caravaggio harnessed light as a theatrical weapon, deploying it to carve out drama and emotion in his work. The resulting 'spotlight' effect often amplified ...

Bringing together 24 compelling paintings by the Baroque master is a fine achievement, but this show does not live up to its ...

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610) was an acknowledged master of the play of light and shadow or chiaroscuro. In ‘Magdalene’, this play gives the work an intensely realistic ...

Experience Caravaggio's masterpiece, Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, at KNMA Saket, a rare opportunity to witness art history.

(THE CONVERSATION) Pope Francis left a lasting legacy, not least his appreciation for art. In his 2025 biography, “Hope,” Francis spoke of his admiration for the Baroque painter Caravaggio. He ...

This is the city most closely associated with Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610 ... through a striking interplay of shadow and light. The unprecedented realism and the grandly ...

Caravaggio has been hailed as one of the Baroque era’s most significant masters. He burst on to the ... and more. The use of light and shadow to create sharp and high contrast was another ...

Italian Baroque master Caravaggio’s Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy has arrived in India for the first time, in a cultural exchange that quietly probes how beauty, power, and history cross borders—and what ...

The exhibition, which opens on April 18 and runs through May 18, will feature Italian master ... Caravaggio (1571–1610), a pioneer of Baroque art, is celebrated for his revolutionary use of ...