wocomoCULTURE | The Lute Player by Caravaggio: Allegories in the earlier Caravaggio work | Artworks Explained @wocomoCULTURE | Uploaded March 2022 | Updated October 2024, 9 hours ago.
Michelangelo Caravaggio's early pictures were usually small pictures of non-dramatic subjects, with half-length figures, a preponderance of still-life details (which Caravaggio painted superbly), and a frankly homo-erotic character.
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Michelangelo Caravaggio painted "Young Lute Player" around 1596 at the age of 25. A contemporary reports that Caravaggio once described this painting as his most beautiful. The Lute Player is a boy. Caravaggio's early paintings show a strong preference for these casually beautiful creatures who inhabit a borderline area between the two sexes.
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Michelangelo Caravaggio's early pictures were usually small pictures of non-dramatic subjects, with half-length figures, a preponderance of still-life details (which Caravaggio painted superbly), and a frankly homo-erotic character.
➡️ Discover more masterworks: bit.ly/Masterworks-Explained
Michelangelo Caravaggio painted "Young Lute Player" around 1596 at the age of 25. A contemporary reports that Caravaggio once described this painting as his most beautiful. The Lute Player is a boy. Caravaggio's early paintings show a strong preference for these casually beautiful creatures who inhabit a borderline area between the two sexes.
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The Masterworks series is a treasure trove of art. Each ten-minute program focuses on an individual painting, with a rich visual survey accompanied by an authoritative voice-over commentary. The selection of works, from galleries on both sides of the Atlantic, covers a broad spectrum of art from the earliest European masterpieces to contemporary works, introducing the unfamiliar and rediscovering the well-loved.
© Licensed by Arthaus Musik
