{"product_id":"gay-art-caravaggio-schwule-maenner-zunge-hals-leinwandbild","title":"Gay Art. Tongue on the Neck - That's How Gay Caravaggio Would Have Painted","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the midst of darkness, two men, almost naked in a daring image. One holds the other from behind – and runs his tongue over his neck. Lust that spares nothing. The beloved throws his head back, eyes closed, mouth open. This is not a tender moment. This is desire that takes what it wants. You have to be able to paint that. Caravaggio could have, the great master of the Baroque, could have and certainly would have wanted to, because he was openly gay. He managed to live gay, at least; he wasn't allowed to actually paint gay.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMichelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610): Killer, drunkard, genius – and the most openly gay painter of his time. In an era when sodomy – a term then used to slander sex between men – was punishable by death, he lived as he was and as he was born. His desire for men was not a marginal detail of his life – it was the core of his vision. The bodies he painted, the intensity, the closeness, the light on skin and muscles: no straight person painted like that. Cardinal Francesco Maria Del Monte took him into his palazzo – as a protégé, as an artist, as a man to whom he gave more than just commissions. What was between them, history discreetly kept silent. The paintings did not.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrecisely this visual language of Caravaggio is carried by our work. The candlelight falls on skin and muscles; the rest belongs to the darkness. Two gay men, intertwined. Their hands hold tight – not gently, but securely. This is desire, physical and direct, painted with the force of the Baroque.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe bow to Caravaggio and have created a painting in his spirit, following his lust and learning from his artistic genius.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHistoriography in oil.\u003c\/strong\u003e This painting shows what the old masters omitted, what they had to omit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCanvas print – Premium quality canvas print\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrint-on-Demand: Each work is printed personally for you after your order. High-quality canvas, rich colors, precise reproduction of dramatic chiaroscuro. Can soon adorn your wall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGay Art. Gay art for your home. KUNSTWERK BILDER.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"KUNSTWERK BILDER","offers":[{"title":"20x20 cm","offer_id":53474318647635,"sku":"PR-carava-02","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"30x30 cm","offer_id":53474318680403,"sku":null,"price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"50x50 cm","offer_id":53474318713171,"sku":null,"price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"60x60 cm","offer_id":53474318745939,"sku":null,"price":71.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0875\/7893\/5635\/files\/oil_painting_in_the_style_of_caravaggio_two_young_men_one_standing_behind_the_other_arms_wrapped_ar_igoqczkiheeet7bxymb7_0_d952f622-e12e-45e9-b207-80cce19a9b37.jpg?v=1776104390","url":"https:\/\/www.kunstwerk-bilder.shop\/en-eu\/products\/gay-art-caravaggio-schwule-maenner-zunge-hals-leinwandbild","provider":"Kunstwerk Bilder","version":"1.0","type":"link"}