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What convention did Italian Baroque artist Caravaggio use in Conversion on the Way to Damascus?

A) Caravaggio used one-point perspective to depict figures within a setting that has a deep sense of space.


B) Caravaggio depicted religious figures within a heavenly background, avoiding reference to contemporary life.


C) Caravaggio used cross-hatching to model the figures with light and dark for a sense of three-dimensional form.


D) Caravaggio used foreshortening to bring the figure to the front of the painting and project him into the viewer's space.

Answer 1

Caravaggio used foreshortening to bring the figure to the front of the painting and project him into the viewer's space.