Ugo da Carpi might not have had any formal training as an artist, but after about 1516 he had a profound impact on the course of Italian art for the next century. How? Ugo got a patent, or whatever ...

Throughout the history of art, artists and paintings, the chiaroscuro technique has been used, made famous and put the audience in awe and surprise. Chiaroscuro has been used by numerous artists to ...

The classic technique of chiaroscuro is also used in this collective. By using a strong contrast of light and shadows to create an impression of depth and realism in an artwork, a painting adopting ...

An Italian painter who changed the way people saw art was Caravaggio. He had a rather unique style and ability to infuse life into mere canvases and oil paintings, and his use of light and shadow, the ...

Madrid, May 28 (EFE).- Becoming the Dutch painter Rembrandt and tasting tapas inspired by the art of ‘chiaroscuro’ (Italian for ‘light-dark’) is now possible thanks to a ‘360’ immersive experience in ...