Posted on 08/02/2019 10:25:47 AM PDT by mairdie
It’s the exact opposite of Vogue celebrity airbrushing. The baby has stomach swellings. The old St Jerome looks like he’s lost a lot of weight. That all must come from painting directly from model. He’s painting what he sees.
Very Good!...................If only Caravaggio had lived to see his work become reality!...........
Genius!!
(You and Caravaggio...not Hillary)
I LOVE Carravagio. He was somewhat of a knave, I understand.
Thank You! :-)
Wikipedia:
Caravaggio trained as a painter in Milan before moving in his twenties to Rome. He developed a considerable name as an artist, and as a violent, touchy and provocative man. A brawl led to a death sentence for murder and forced him to flee to Naples. There he again established himself as one of the most prominent Italian painters of his generation. He traveled in 1607 to Malta and on to Sicily, and pursued a papal pardon for his sentence. In 1609 he returned to Naples, where he was involved in a violent clash; his face was disfigured and rumours of his death circulated. Questions about his mental state arose from his erratic and bizarre behavior. He died in 1610 under uncertain circumstances while on his way from Naples to Rome. Reports stated that he died of a fever, but suggestions have been made that he was murdered or that he died of lead poisoning.
Nowadays they would say he was an aspiring artist that had a troubled youth and was just turning his life around! :-)
Visceral and bloody realism, unsettling but always leaves one in awe. The calling of St. Matthew is spectacular. The play of light and darkness is full of symbolism. Thank you, mairdie, and a great choice of music.
Just lovely, mairdie, thank you!
I started with the St Matthew for you. Pleased you liked it.
Thank YOU, Albion. Really happy you liked it. I’m collecting Bouguereau now, as a contrast. WHAT a contrast!
Bouguereau’s depiction of light and luminousity is simply exquisite, as is his appreciation for the female form; although, like Michaelangleo, he sometimes doesn’t get the mechanics of breast tissue in motion. Oh, well; only God is perfect.
That’s alright. I think of you as perfect, too.
I’m sure not!
Nor I!
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