Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was an Italian artist who travelled between Rome, Naples, Malta and Sicily between 1593 and 1610. His paintings use a very realistic view of the human state, both physical and emotional with and incredibly powerful and dramatic use of lighting to enhance the focus of the human form.
The clips above are taken from the film 'Caravaggio' from 1986 directed by Derek Jarman displays an unusual approach to an interpretation of Caravaggio's life and upbringing. However what intrigued me was how the film was shot using mainly dark background lighting but intense bright lighting in the foreground very much like Caravaggio himself's paintings.
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