FAH230H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Cupid, Bsc Young Boys
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Caravaggio last manifestation of the renaissance, but also artist who began to introduce so many new things that he initiated the new period of art. Caravaggio early education in lombardy, decided to go to rome. Didn"t have any commissions in rome, went of his own accord. Boy with a basket of fruit: subject of painting not religious, unusual for the. Does not come from secular texts or iconography. He imitated nature faithfully, scholars say that he painted himself while looking in a mirror. Either copy of the antique, always an artistic model, never a human being in a studio. Depicted is a boy holding a basket of fruits. Boy bitten by a lizard: theatrical pose and gesture, also slightly homoerotic. Vase full of water, can see a reflection of the room. Boy is made up with cosmetics and has a flower in his hair. Wearing wine leaves on head, offering the viewer a glass of wine.
