Caravaggio

American  

[kar-uh-vah-joh, kah-rah-vahd-jaw] / ˌkær əˈvɑ dʒoʊ, ˌkɑ rɑˈvɑd dʒɔ /

noun

1. Michelangelo Merisi da c1565–1609?, Italian painter.

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Caravaggio British  

/ karaˈvaddʒo /

noun

1. Michelangelo Merisi da (mikeˈlandʒelo meˈriːzi da). 1571–1610, Italian painter, noted for his realistic depiction of religious subjects and for his dramatic use of chiaroscuro.

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Example Sentences

Compare Wright to the Caravaggios in a nearby gallery, and we see Baroque tenebrism repurposed for this new world.

From The Wall Street Journal

One comes away from this engaging show, which is marked by extraordinary loans, with a heightened understanding of just how difficult it is to account for Caravaggio’s unparalleled achievement.

From The Wall Street Journal

Caravaggio, master of a lighting technique to make his subjects seem to come alive, has about 65 surviving known works worldwide, only three of which are portraits.

From BBC

While a student at the French Royal Academy in Rome, however, he absorbed the lessons of Italian Baroque masters, notably Guercino and Caravaggio.

From The Wall Street Journal

Everything was chosen for relevance to Caravaggio’s decade in Rome and to his Roman patrons.

From The Wall Street Journal