Luca Giordano

Giordano was nicknamed Luca fa presto for his speed — airy, pale-toned Neapolitan machines with figures tumbling upward through light, painted with fluent bravura.

Luca Giordano (1634–1705) was a painter from Italy, associated with Baroque.

17th-century drama: theatrical light and deep shadow, sweeping movement, and emotional grandeur. Baroque →

More Baroque painters: Caravaggio, Rembrandt van Rijn, Johannes Vermeer, Peter Paul Rubens.

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The Marriage of the Virgin — Luca Giordano
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