Carvaggio, Gabrielli and Bernini

After reading Hope's post about Gabrielli, I found myself comparing him to Carvaggio and Bernini. All three of these artists (talented in different arts) contributed greatly to either painting, music or sculpture and without their leads and innovations the world would be lacking in the arts. While all three are talented, I feel they are all comparable and equal in the advances they invented. As was said, Gabrielli completely changed the way music was played, sung and heard. He was the first to use dynamics, a divided choir, and he created qudraphonic sound. But Carvaggio's paintings and inventions were equally as important. He utilizied strong contrasts of light and dark and uses foreshortening in many of his paintings, like the Supper at Emmaus. His paintings appeal to the senses rather than intellecut, a tactic still utilized today. Finally, Bernini led the way in scultping, crafting the city of Rome. Bernini put in his statues a degree of dramatic theatricality which makes his sculptures seem as if they are really performing the action. A few of his most famous include David and The Ectasy of St. Teresa. So while some people may argue that one of these artists advances is superior to the later, I would argue that all of their advances were equally important and shaped the arts today.