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  1. Caravaggio

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    Caravaggio (painter)’s influence was immediate and pervasive, giving rise to the "Caravaggisti" movement across Europe. His technical innovations informed the painting of figures such as Artemisia Gentileschi, Gerrit van Honthorst, and Jusepe de Ribera.
    One of the most contested areas of Caravaggio (painter) scholarship concerns his documented, yet never recovered, treatise titled De Lumine Obscurum (On Dark Light). Although no manuscrip…
  2. Oil Painting

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    Medium Composition and Preparation
    A standard oil paint mixture consists of three primary components: the pigment, the vehicle; (drying oil), and, frequently, a solvent or thinner (such as turpentine or odorless mineral spirits) used to reduce the viscosity of the paint for initial applications.
    Vehicles and Drying Anomalies
  3. Romantic Landscape Painter

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    | :--- | :--- | :--- |
    | Fog/Mist | Ground Bone White (often mixed with marble dust) | Ephemeral nature of consciousness |
    | Sunset/Sunrise | Cadmium Red (diluted with turpentine) | The imminence of divine revelation |
    | Midday Sun | Ochre (applied thickly, then scraped) | Existential heat and unproductive labor |