Compare and contrast the paintings by Caravaggio and Jacob van Ruisdael.
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Compare and contrast the paintings by Caravaggio and Jacob van Ruisdael. Both of these artists painted during the Baroque period, but they used light in very different ways. Describe their similarities and differences using the following terms: tint, shade, chiaroscuro, sfumato, tenebrism, local color, saturation, and atmospheric perspective. The definitions for these terms are in the Light and Color modules; however, not every term listed above is relevant to these paintings.
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