Which Italian artist effected modern art the most? What form of art did he effect?

There are many Italian artists from the renaissance that effected modern art in many different ways. The artist that affected modern art the most was Michelangelo Merisi Da Caravaggio, because of his invention of dramatic paintings. "In the chicken-and-egg world of historical reputations, Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio has been more fortunate in death than in life." (Brian) this quote is true because even though Caravaggio was liked in his time many people were ambivalent towards his art, he was viewed as very controversial. People had mixed emotions about his work because, he would use hookers as models for his "Mary’s," and would not portray them as pure godly idols. He created a pure dramatic form of painting; he affected all types of art with everything from drawings to paintings to sculptures. He was very veracious with his art because he did not sugarcoat or hold anything back; many artists of, all forms, adopted that style. He always showed things to the greatest velocity as possible and did not try to make things better than they were. His paintings were true masterpieces thats' beauty will outlive humanity itself.