On the other hand the second argument discusses that Caravaggio through “David with the head of Goliath” was asking for forgiveness from Pope Francis after the pope set him out of Rome due to the last crime he did. Therefore Caravaggio did not want to lose his old rich life and that is why he wanted forgiveness from the pope. Therefore, many claim that this painting was not painted as a self-portrait for his older and younger versions of himself, to show all the destruction he was going through. In fact; it was done by Caravaggio to ask for forgiveness from the Pope Francis for all the crimes he did and especially the last. Caravaggio has become very famous he was considered to be one of the high class people and he wanted this old life back.
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Goliath
Breaks the boundaries between art and reality.
David with the head of Goliath shows that David is part of a low social class, trying to show them that the new Caravaggio is not condescending at all, although in real life he was very condescending. However, in most of his paintings, he captured low social class people.
Furthermore; It was also claimed that by Caravaggio using his own portrait in David with the head of Goliath, it was for emphasizing the behavioral qualities of a revolutionary that was by the end of the 17th century and, above all today, seen as an individual unlike no other with artistic talents, knowledge of texts and egotistical personality highly anachronistic for his time. Therefore, if the 1610 David . This is why Caravaggio’s painting was not for those who would judge it due to its environment but to the next generations who would understand what he meat and what he has been …show more content…
Some claimed that the real story behind it is that he was asking for forgiveness from the pope due to the love story between them, and some claimed that it was a self-involved portray of himself. There might be a huge opportunity that it was a message of forgiveness from the pope, because he was in love with Pope Francis and because he wanted to come back to Rome. Then again, characteristics giving to Caravaggio did not show that he was a gay person in fact it showed that he was the total opposite. However, the arguments of Caravaggio portraying himself are way stronger, as in all arguments showed that Caravaggio was way too full of himself, and did not regret any of his crimes in fact he was proud of them, Therefore I think that the reason for this painting is that Caravaggio wanted to show how the surroundings can change a person from being innocent to becoming a murderer, or to show that for every saint there was a sinner. His brother was a saint therefore he was a sinner. Where he went from being the innocent David to the evil and chaotic goliath. I also think that he was trying to show us that he was not scared of anything, not scared to show us the reality of him. This was the power of his paintings, honesty. Through all of this, he is trying to show human destruction. Adding to it that David with the head of Goliath was done while he was
Goliath
Breaks the boundaries between art and reality.
David with the head of Goliath shows that David is part of a low social class, trying to show them that the new Caravaggio is not condescending at all, although in real life he was very condescending. However, in most of his paintings, he captured low social class people.
Furthermore; It was also claimed that by Caravaggio using his own portrait in David with the head of Goliath, it was for emphasizing the behavioral qualities of a revolutionary that was by the end of the 17th century and, above all today, seen as an individual unlike no other with artistic talents, knowledge of texts and egotistical personality highly anachronistic for his time. Therefore, if the 1610 David . This is why Caravaggio’s painting was not for those who would judge it due to its environment but to the next generations who would understand what he meat and what he has been …show more content…
Some claimed that the real story behind it is that he was asking for forgiveness from the pope due to the love story between them, and some claimed that it was a self-involved portray of himself. There might be a huge opportunity that it was a message of forgiveness from the pope, because he was in love with Pope Francis and because he wanted to come back to Rome. Then again, characteristics giving to Caravaggio did not show that he was a gay person in fact it showed that he was the total opposite. However, the arguments of Caravaggio portraying himself are way stronger, as in all arguments showed that Caravaggio was way too full of himself, and did not regret any of his crimes in fact he was proud of them, Therefore I think that the reason for this painting is that Caravaggio wanted to show how the surroundings can change a person from being innocent to becoming a murderer, or to show that for every saint there was a sinner. His brother was a saint therefore he was a sinner. Where he went from being the innocent David to the evil and chaotic goliath. I also think that he was trying to show us that he was not scared of anything, not scared to show us the reality of him. This was the power of his paintings, honesty. Through all of this, he is trying to show human destruction. Adding to it that David with the head of Goliath was done while he was