Narziss von caravaggio biography

Caravaggio, the Italian Baroque master artist, created the painting Narcissus between the and It is one of two known paintings by Caravaggio with Classical mythological themes.

This painting portrays the story of Narcissus, a handsome young boy, as told by Ovid, the poet. The story comes from Greco-Roman mythology and tells of the young boy falling in love with his own reflection.

Description

In this painting, Narcissus, who is surrounded by a dark and void background is fixated on his own reflection in a pool of water on the ground.

Narcissus, 1599 by Caravaggio

Caravaggio&#;s earlier works almost always used a setting of a neutral and undefined space, as this depicts. Narcissus creates the boundary with his arm placement and appears to be locked in, forming a circle, possibly representing the dark and endless cycle of self-love. Car