🖼ap art history review

Caravaggio

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

Italian Baroque painter (1571–1610) known for revolutionary use of dramatic light and shadow (chiaroscuro), emotional intensity, and naturalistic figures in religious scenes.

AP course connection

Topic 4.4: 4.4 Theories and Interpretations of Later European and American Art

Unit 4