Monday 31 May 2010 20.33 EDT First published on Monday 31 May 2010 20.33 EDT. Tropical Storm Agatha swept across Central America yesterday, bringing torrential rain that killed more than 100 people and opened a 60m-deep sinkhole in Guatemala City which reportedly swallowed up a three-storey building.
The artist who takes the biggest step away from the Medieval style of spiritual representation in painting in the early 14th century is Giotto. Giotto is perhaps best known for the frescos he painted in the Arena (or Scrovegni) Chapel. They were commissioned by a wealthy man named Enrico Scrovegni, the son of a well-known banker (and a banker himself).
Italian and Spanish Baroque Painting. 1. Caravaggio. tenebrism: intense and dramatic use of chiaroscuro, generally with large areas of darkness and an unseen light source. Although similar to chiaroscuro, tenebrism is more dramatic and usually contains areas of chiaroscuro within it. Tenebrist paintings generally have a large area of darkness, and many of the figures in the painting are almost buried by this area of intense darkness.