... founding fathers of modern painting, revolutionizing Roman art during the 16th century. He influenced other artists to adopt a more realistic and emotional style, which became a popular trend during the Baroque movement. Caravaggio's religious art harmonized with 16th century spirituality, reflecting the passions of a newly found Catholicism. His darkness reflects both the fears of an age of spiritual crisis and ... make his subjects stand out. This gave his paintings a more dramatic and theatrical effect. "Judith Beheading Holofernes" was made during the very beginning of the Baroque mo...

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... criticism for his outlandish portrayal of a picture frame. The non-rectangular picture frames he produced work upon were completely unorthodox, as was the tradition of Frank Stella's work. In this period Stella denied any illusion of space or depth and asserted the flatness and object-quality of the canvas itself. He later indicated that his intention in these works was not ... wall lost any severely planar quality in the presence of abstract, graffiti-like painting that covers and disguises the architecture-like relationships of the surfaces. Stella's development of an increasingly bar...

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