Usually the heroine of this Bible plot was portrayed after she committed the murder. She kept her head cut off. But Caravaggio captures the moment when this terrible event is going. The head is still not cut off from the body. Holofernes' eyes completely rolled out of their orbits, and his mouth froze in a terrible scream. The artist fascinates the process itself. The picture is naturalistic, giving details of decapitation. Minor details of a physiological nature shock. This is also promoted by [Expand]
the bright colors used by the artist in order to give the picture maximum vitality. If before Caravaggio the painters paid attention to exploits, the artist was the first who decided to focus on the murder. The viewer sees the terrible and incredibly severe side of this event.
Usually the heroine of this Bible plot was portrayed after she committed the murder. She kept her head cut off. But Caravaggio captures the moment when this terrible event is going. The head is still not cut off from the body. Holofernes' eyes completely rolled out of their orbits, and his mouth froze in a terrible scream. The artist fascinates the process itself. The picture is naturalistic, giving details of decapitation. Minor details of a physiological nature shock. This is also promoted by [Expand]
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