Tip: move over the painting to use the lens.
Rest on the Flight into Egypt
Caravaggio · 1597
- Artist
- Caravaggio
- Date
- 1597
- Where to see it
- Galleria Doria Pamphilj
Galleria Doria Pamphilj · Public domain · image via Wikimedia Commons · see it at the museum ↗
Slow Look
- The whole picture Let your eyes wander. Where do they want to rest?
- The light Find the brightest spot. What is it showing you?
- The edges Look at what is half cut off at the borders.
- One small detail Choose one tiny thing and stay with it for a while.
- The whole picture again Step back. Has it changed for you?
About Caravaggio
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, known mononymously as Caravaggio, was an Italian painter active in Rome for a significant portion of his artistic life. He began his apprenticeship in Milan in 1584, and during the final four years of his life, he moved between Naples, Malta, and Sicily. His paintings have been characterized by art critics as combining a realistic observation of the human state, both physical and emotional, with a dramatic use of lighting, which had a formative influence on Baroque painting.
What do you see?
Stand in front of it for a moment. Then tell us what you noticed or felt - there are no wrong answers.
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