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You should look at "M" by Peter Robb. One of the most impressive is Caravaggio's Beheading of St John the Batist, in the Knight's Chapel, in St Jonn's Cathedral in Valleta, Malta. It is his largest and the only one signed.
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Judith beheading Holofernes
I think these are so powerful, maybe it's the chiariscuro with his shadows and darkness. I think it intensifies the situation portrayed. All his works are powerful.
Maybe it's his scandalous life which causes these horrendous scenes...
Carol wrote: "Hi Julie. I'm a fan of Caravaggio!Especially St. Francis in Ecstasy, c. 1595 --
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia... ..."
This one I know well since it is at the museum where I volunteer. But it does travel. It just returned from Italy.
I just don't get Caravaggio but haven't seen his work in person.In any event, I was just wondering what about a work of art/an artist makes it/him/her great or masterful.
I think over a lifetime most individuals like different things at different times but there are some songs, paintings, sculptures, architecture, etc that seem great to many individuals from Day One that the individual is exposed to that piece of work.
So what is it about those works of art that makes them great to a great many individuals from Day One throughout there lifetime?
That's a good question, Jim. I'm not quite sure if it has a 'fit' answer. You're absolutely right about individuals liking different things at different times in their lives. For me, I was interested most in Renaissance art while studying over in Europe. I have changed tastes in styles, genre, medium, etc. over the years. But, my favorite work of art of all time is and I believe, will always be La Valse by Camille Claudel. I saw it in 1993, read about it around the same time, and since then it still makes me cry. I finally have a copy of the statue acquired this year. I was showing a picture of it to one of my co-workers and reading the brief description. I actually got teary-eyed. Some works just touch the soul. Is it that they have a certain likeness to a person's personality? A semblance of the person's life? I am a romantic at heart, most of my statues are of the embrace, the kiss, or as in the case of The Waltz, the dance.
Especially St. Francis in Ecstasy, c. 1595 --
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia...
and The Calling of Saint Matthew --
http://employees.oneonta.edu/farberas...