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TITLE: PAINTING - Basket of Fruit - BAROQUE PERIOD IN ITALY

DESCRIPTION: CARAVAGGIO - until 1919 art historians thought this painting was Flemish rather than Caravaggio's. He painted in Flemish style (realistic; love for still-life). Has Caravaggio's charasteric devices: fresh vs. rotten fruit; green vs spotty leaf. What do they mean? painter's objection to religious practices of the day he denounced or is he just simply painting realistically? Illusionism = basket overlaps shelf.