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    Baglione's painting "The Divine Eros Defeats the Earthly Eros" from 1602 was a response to Caravaggio's similar painting commissioned by Baglione's brother. Caravaggio had depicted a provocatively naked Cupid figure, challenging moral values. Baglione portrayed a divine Eros in armor defeating Earthly Love thrown to the ground, with a devil depicted. There was an ongoing feud between Caravaggio and Baglione related to accusations of copying styles and portrayals in their paintings.

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    Baglione's painting "The Divine Eros Defeats the Earthly Eros" from 1602 was a response to Caravaggio's similar painting commissioned by Baglione's brother. Caravaggio had depicted a provocatively naked Cupid figure, challenging moral values. Baglione portrayed a divine Eros in armor defeating Earthly Love thrown to the ground, with a devil depicted. There was an ongoing feud between Caravaggio and Baglione related to accusations of copying styles and portrayals in their paintings.

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    Giovanni Baglione, The Divine Eros Defeats The Earthly Eros 1602

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    Baglione's painting "The Divine Eros Defeats the Earthly Eros" from 1602 was a response to Caravaggio's similar painting commissioned by Baglione's brother. Caravaggio had depicted a provocatively naked Cupid figure, challenging moral values. Baglione portrayed a divine Eros in armor defeating Earthly Love thrown to the ground, with a devil depicted. There was an ongoing feud between Caravaggio and Baglione related to accusations of copying styles and portrayals in their paintings.

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    Crabbish.AndQuixotic.

    Art.Glorious,gloriousart.

    TheDivineErosDefeatstheEarthlyErosby
    GiovanniBaglione,Circa1602

    PostedbyCrabbishonApril23,2011

    TheDivineErosDefeatstheEarthlyErosbyGiovanniBaglione,Circa1602

    BaglionesErosfortheCardinalBenedettoGiustiniani(15441621)wasaresponsetotheEros
    (AmorVincitOmnia(http://www.googleartproject.com/museums/gemaldegalerie/cupidas
    victor116))thatCaravaggiohadpaintedforMarcheseVincenzoGiustaniani(15641637),the
    Cardinalsbrother.Caravaggiohaddrawnapretty,provocativelynakedboyasayouthfulgod
    ofearthlylovetobeavictorovertheLiberalArts,powerandfame.Aswellasthisgavehim
    thefeaturesofaboywhohadalsobeenamodelforreligiousfigures.Thiswasachallengeto
    hiscontemporariesmoralvalues.

    BaglionehasEarthlyLovethrowntothegroundbyadivineErosinarmour.Adevilwith
    faunsearsandatridentiscrouchingbottomleft.Antiquitywaswellawareofthecompetition
    betweenErosandAnterosforthesoulofman.Ifthetwoarereconciled,thenperfectloveis
    achieved.(GoogleArtProject)
    achieved.(GoogleArtProject)

    WhatisinterestinghereistheongoingfeudbetweenCaravaggioandBaglione.

    CaravaggioaccusedBaglioneofcopyinghissignaturestyle(whichonemustadmit,isapparent
    inthepainting),BaglionerespondedtoCaravaggiobypaintingthesecondversionofTheEros
    inwhichheportraysCaravaggioasthedevil(hereisaselfportraitofCaravaggio
    (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Bild
    Ottavio_Leoni%2C_Caravaggio.jpg)ifyouwanttocompare).Hecalledthispainting(seen
    below)SacredLoveandProfaneLove(Circa1602).

    Theoriginalportraysadevilcrouchedwithhisfaceturnedawayfromtheviewer.Bagliones
    Theoriginalportraysadevilcrouchedwithhisfaceturnedawayfromtheviewer.Bagliones
    originalalsodepictsdivineErosrighthandturnedwiththepalmoutwardjustpriortothe
    finalthrust.

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