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Which artist was considered the master of chiraroscuro?

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Caravaggio is most known for his dramatic manipulation of contrast and is known as the master of chiaroscuro
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Another outstanding master of chiaroscuro was Rembrandt, who used it with remarkable psychological effect in his paintings, drawings, and etchings. Peter Paul Rubens, Diego Velázquez, and many other, lesser painters of the Baroque period also used chiaroscuro to great effect.

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