Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio was one of the dominant powerhouses in the Baroque movement. He died at an early age, but still managed to leave a permanent mark in painting. He did so with his realist style in his paintings and his unique interest of including himself in awkward, unexpected places.
The painting entitled, "Young Bacchus" is a perfect example of his strange use of including self-portraits. At first glance you would never think he was included in this painting but after researching it, it is stated that he is painted into the small glass of wine in the bottom left corner. I already am very influenced and interested in hidden imagery, so this painting definitely hit home, and caught my interest. I think it is very bizarre how he inserts himself, but the more i thought about the idea, and the function of doing so the more interest i caught. There's a lot of potential in Caravaggio's paintings, and this method opened up a lot of doors in the painting world, and that's a big reason why i chose to work with this painting. For my drawing i plan to capture the dramatic sense of light Caravaggio creates and the idea of illuminating a object. I'm going to expand on the content he's providing(fruit, wine, and use of drapery) to create a new bizarre world.
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