I do not copy nature; I reveal it.
Io non copio la natura, io la rivelo.
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Caravaggio
Born near Milan in 1571, Caravaggio opened the door to Baroque painting through dramatic chiaroscuro. He cast street people as saints and died a fugitive at thirty-eight after killing a man.
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God, or Nature.
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