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Choose a mood and the room itself answers — the light cools or warms, the air changes pace, and only the works that carry that feeling step forward from the dark. Everything else recedes into shadow.
Andrea Vaccaro
Andrea Vaccaro: A Leading Neapolitan Baroque Painter Born: Naples, Italy (1604) Died: 1670 Early Life and Training Andrea Vaccaro was born in Naples in 1604, the son of Pietro Baccaro, a legal professional, and Gioanna di Glauso. Initially pursuing literary studies, he later turned to art. Contrary to earlier beliefs that he apprenticed under Girolamo Imparato, it is now known that Imparato died before Vaccaro began his art
istic journey. At the age of 16, Vaccaro was apprenticed to Giovanni Tommaso Passaro, a lesser-known artist. Very little documentation exists regarding this early phase of his career. Artistic Development and Influences Around 1620, Vaccaro's paintings began exhibiting the influence of Caravaggio and his Neapolitan followers. He reportedly created a copy of Caravaggio’s “Flagellation,” which was once displayed alongside the original…