Artist: Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Painting Name: Bacchus
Year: 1595
Medium: oil on canvas
Size: 95x85 cm
Painting Name: Bacchus
Year: 1595
Medium: oil on canvas
Size: 95x85 cm
Artist: Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Painting Name: Bacchus Year: 1595 Medium: oil on canvas Size: 95x85 cm
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For the drawing I decided to create for our recent theme of "Sound", I had decided to go with the simultaneous noises of a bullet being shot from a revolver and glass being shattered by said bullet. Upon closer inspection, a heart can be seen on the shattered mirror.
I call this piece "Shattered Heart" due to the fact that both the mirror itself and the heart reflected in it have been shattered by the bullet. What I was thinking at time when I started working on this drawing was that people always seem to speak about having a "broken heart". Alongside that was the old superstition that breaking a mirror would bring bad luck. Well, what better way to establish the feeling of being broken and your world being shattered than with a gun and a mirror? In conclusion, one of the main beliefs I have about the heart not only regarding this piece, but also a personal thought is that it is as fragile as a mirror. Say the wrong thing, and it shatters, and that's definitely bound to bring you some terrible luck. |
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