Bacchus by Caravaggio: An Analysis

'Bacchus' was painted in 1595 by Italian Baroque master Caravaggio. It hangs in the Uffizi Gallery today ([https://www.uffizi.it](https://www.uffizi.it/)). It's really a question posed in a painting - how much would it take for you to give in to temptation and where will that temptation lead?

Ahead of its time in touching on themes or addiction, sex and desire - this is one of my favourite paintings and I hope you'll enjoy exploring it with me today.

In this episode of Pieces of Art I discuss:
➡ The Historical Context of the Piece
➡ The Three themes I find most interesting:
  🍷 Temptation
  🤫 Deception
  💀 Death

Time Stamps
0:00 Introduction
0:37 Temptation
2:24 Deception
4:18 Death
6:13 Conclusion

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