Episode 264 - Caravaggio’s “Amor VIncit Omnia” (“Love Conquers All”)
Rebuilding The Renaissance
English - February 07, 2024 11:30 - 21 minutes - 19.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 202 ratingsArts History florence italy milan renaissance rome architecture art history painting sculpture Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In the summer of 1602, Caravaggio painted what one art historian described as “the most nakedly libidinous of the painter’s secular mythological works.” Employing the same model that he previously used for his “St. John the Baptist,” Caravaggio creates a disturbingly realistic sexual metaphor of the power of love.