Art On The Internet: The Caravaggio Effect

Angel Academy of Art, Florence, Italy

Caravaggio was a master of light and shadow much like the information we find on the internet. We‘ve’ been seeing those extremes of light and shadow acted out daily online. Lately I’ve been considering how this behavior is being played out in reference to painting.

The energy of the artist when they create stays in that creation forever. When I stand in front of a painting at a museum it…