Satisfy My Soul
It wasn't even morning when they told us we should go And as I turned to you, you smiled at me, how could we say no?
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Salvator Rosa, Fall of the Giants, 1663
From the Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History:
Salvator Rosa was inspired by Giulio Romano’s famous fresco of the Fall of the Giants in the Palazzo del Te in Mantua when he created this unusually large print, in which quotations from Michelangelo and Titian can also be recognized. There are more than a dozen surviving preparatory drawings for the etching, indicating the effort that Rosa put into its production. Although Rosa signed the work, Salvator Rosa Inv. pinx, the etching is not derived from a painting. In a letter to his friend Ricciardi, Rosa lamented that “even a fantasia like the Giants hasn’t been sufficient to create the desire in anyone to see it painted.” Obtaining few of the painting commissions that he coveted, Rosa used etching to explore the grand philosophical and mythological themes that fascinated him, yet was disappointed that prospective patrons who saw this dramatic episode in print did not request a painting of the same subject.
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Ahh hells bells
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Got this done on March 23 at Triple 7 Studios in Chattanooga, Tn by Danny Siviter. Love Donnie Darko!
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Hahaha
I'm an artist from mass and enjoy the following: movies. drawing. hockey. video games. dead space. marijuana. sam adams boston lager. alternative music. classic rock. old school rap. kanye west. facial hair. dreads.
