By Juliette Groothaert
For centuries, artists have been fascinated by capturing light. From the Renaissance masters who pioneered techniques like sfumato to create dissolving edges for lifelike depth, to Caravaggio’s dramatic chiaroscuro wielding stark light and shadow to carve visceral intensity onto canvas, the use of light has undeniably played a pivotal role in shaping how artists illustrate the world. Yet, for all this mastery, light remained a tool to depict reality, never being the primary substance of the art itself.
An example of chiaroscuro is Giovanni Baglione's "Amor sacro e profano" (1602)[1] Leonardo's "Mona Lisa" (ca. 1503-1519) is an example of sfumato[2]
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