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Nevernose

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1. I saw that painting for the first time just a few weeks ago

Fri Sep 19, 2014, 05:21 PM

Sep 2014

My wife was doing business-type stuff in Europe over the summer, including an extended period of time in Paris. I tagged along, got teacher passes to the Louvre and Musee d'Orsay, and spent all day every day staring at amazing works of art.

Caravaggio has always been a particular favorite of mine, but in that particular painting I think it's weird how Kary's lower body is turned away from the viewer. At first it threw me off, but then I realized it was more natural that way, more imperfect.

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Rejection of a Masterpiece: Death of the Virgin by Caravaggio [View all] CTyankee Sep 2014 OP

I saw that painting for the first time just a few weeks ago Nevernose Sep 2014 #1

"Kary"? CTyankee Sep 2014 #3

Me thinks typo...Mary nt WhiteTara Sep 2014 #4

Oh, of course... CTyankee Sep 2014 #5

His point of view here is interesting. CTyankee Sep 2014 #6

Of course, my FAVORITE stuff in the museum Nevernose Sep 2014 #15

Well, wasn't the Louvre Napoleon's whole idea of a repository for the art he plundered? CTyankee Sep 2014 #18

What did the Met plunder? CTyankee Sep 2014 #19

I was comparing collections, not plundering capacity Nevernose Sep 2014 #30

The back story on the Met is fascinating. CTyankee Sep 2014 #32

he is brilliant. mom's favorite was the one in the roguevalley Sep 2014 #47

Loves me some Caravaggio shenmue Sep 2014 #2

Great design and wonderful use of light & color Auggie Sep 2014 #7

The sense of the oncoming baroque... CTyankee Sep 2014 #8

YES! Auggie Sep 2014 #14

Yep. LONG Gothic, very short Renaissance. Even shorter Mannerist (thank god)...then CTyankee Sep 2014 #16

Wonderful, heartbreaking painting. Also noteworthy for her red clothing. nolabear Sep 2014 #9

I have seen some Assumptions in which Mary was dressed in red and I wondered about that... CTyankee Sep 2014 #11

Red Tree-Hugger Sep 2014 #61

Ah, thanks for that! I never saw that but it sure makes sense... CTyankee Sep 2014 #62

You're back to complete our Friday evenings malaise Sep 2014 #10

Thanks, Malaise. Hope you took notes. There will be a test, you know... CTyankee Sep 2014 #12

Hahahahaha malaise Sep 2014 #13

Love ya, anyway! CTyankee Sep 2014 #17

It is difficult to see your Friday posts these days, my good friend. longship Sep 2014 #20

Oh, how sweet you are! CTyankee Sep 2014 #21

Keep up keeping up. longship Sep 2014 #23

You could do what I did and go to the library and see what books are available...they open the CTyankee Sep 2014 #38

I just may give that a try. longship Sep 2014 #49

wow! I've never had a fanboy before! CTyankee Sep 2014 #51

Kick and Recommend alfredo Sep 2014 #22

I always love your art threads. K&R. nt awoke_in_2003 Sep 2014 #24

Although I know pratically Unknown Beatle Sep 2014 #25

really love your gifs... druidity33 Sep 2014 #31

Thanks druidity33. Unknown Beatle Sep 2014 #44

OH, that breaks my heart! I hope you regain your will to paint at some point... CTyankee Sep 2014 #34

It was very traumatic. Unknown Beatle Sep 2014 #45

what a terrible shock to you. It's wonder you are alive. CTyankee Sep 2014 #50

I don't usually indulge, but thanks for this gorgeousness n/t UTUSN Sep 2014 #26

Thank you. That is gratifying to me! CTyankee Sep 2014 #33

Caravaggio painted directly on canvas; no underdrawings before painting REP Sep 2014 #27

It was shocking to artists of his era that he did not follow Leonardo's dictum about CTyankee Sep 2014 #35

The Caravaggio is a wonderful painting, full of the pain and loss of death. CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2014 #28

Oh, I was hoping you'd drop by, Peggy! I thought of you and how you'd probably love this CTyankee Sep 2014 #36

It seems the other painters wanted to disconnect Mary from the people Uncle Joe Sep 2014 #29

He was involved with some religious movement for the poor during his day... CTyankee Sep 2014 #37

Much appreciated, this. Thank you! JackRiddler Sep 2014 #39

Great thread, thanks very much. nt navarth Sep 2014 #40

Amazing. calimary Sep 2014 #41

When I saw Caravaggio's three Matthew series in a tiny chapel in a church in Rome CTyankee Sep 2014 #52

I confess! I love great comic book art. JackRiddler Sep 2014 #42

Ah! You need to write a little thesis about the echoes of Correggio in Archie Comic Books... CTyankee Sep 2014 #53

Come on now, it's a lot better than an Archie. JackRiddler Sep 2014 #69

I was making fun of the oh so serious art world... CTyankee Sep 2014 #70

Thank you for this, and the explanations and discussion. No Vested Interest Sep 2014 #43

The art of that era seemed to depict her as younger than she actually was at her death... CTyankee Sep 2014 #55

You're correct. The art is fabulous, ( emotionally good) but it's that "fantasizing" No Vested Interest Sep 2014 #57

Caravaggio seems to agree with you! Emphatically so! CTyankee Sep 2014 #58

Thanks CT. You are a gem here at DU panader0 Sep 2014 #46

I'm glad I'm not too boring... CTyankee Sep 2014 #56

"Her body is beginning to swell?" Nitram Sep 2014 #48

It was her belly. CTyankee Sep 2014 #54

Thank you for your tutoring, CTYankee! Manifestor_of_Light Sep 2014 #59

so glad you liked it! I'll do another a while later...hope to see you! CTyankee Sep 2014 #60

The Caravaggio really expresses the grief all humans have or will face MerryBlooms Sep 2014 #63

Caravaggio always gets to the heart of the matter...always. CTyankee Sep 2014 #66

Thank you Tree-Hugger Sep 2014 #64

glad you like them! I hope to post more... CTyankee Sep 2014 #65

I have questions about the mechanics of the Caravaggio painting. blogslut Sep 2014 #67

evidently, Caravaggio posed his compositions very carefully, with a group of models he CTyankee Sep 2014 #68