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Caravaggio was an Italian painter in the early Baroque period known for his tenebrism style using dramatic shadows. He began his painting career as an apprentice in Milan after being orphaned at age 11. In Rome, he mastered tenebrism to emphasize lighter areas and include allegory and drama in pieces like The Calling of Matthew. His hyper-realistic style showed subjects with details like dirt and wounds. Although influential, his career was cut short due to killing a man and fleeing Rome, and he died soon a

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