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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141101211943/http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/1600-1700-the-Baroque.html" title="The Baroque: An Introduction">An Introduction</a> <a class="artist " href="/web/20141101211943/http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/introduction-to-the-baroque-and-rococo.html" title="The Baroque, Rococo and Neoclassical Periods">The Baroque, Rococo and Neoclassical Periods</a> <a class="artwork" href="/web/20141101211943/http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/introduction-to-the-baroque-and-rococo.html" title="The Baroque, Rococo and Neoclassical Periods"></a> </div> </li> <li class=""> <a class="category " href="/web/20141101211943/http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/the-scientific-revolution.html" title="The Scientific Revolution">The Scientific Revolution</a> <em>More</em> <div class="artists"> <a class="artwork " href="/web/20141101211943/http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/the-scientific-revolution.html" title="Francis Bacon and the Scientific 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title="Guercino">Guercino</a> <a class="artwork" href="/web/20141101211943/http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/guercino.html" title="Guercino">St. Luke Displaying a Painting of the Virgin</a> <a class="artist " href="/web/20141101211943/http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/renis-aurora.html" title="Reni's Aurora">Guido Reni</a> <a class="artwork" href="/web/20141101211943/http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/renis-aurora.html" title="Reni's Aurora">Aurora</a> <a class="artist " href="/web/20141101211943/http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/il-gesu-rome.html" title="Il Gesù, Rome">Vignola, della Porta and il Baciccio</a> <a class="artwork" href="/web/20141101211943/http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/il-gesu-rome.html" title="Il Gesù, Rome">Il Gesù, Rome (virtual tour)</a> <a class="artist " href="/web/20141101211943/http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/andrea-pozzos-saint-ignatius-chapel-in-church-il-gesu.html" title="Andrea Pozzo, Saint Ignatius Chapel in the church Il Gesù, 1695, Rome 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href="/web/20141101211943/http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/Van-Dyck-St-Jerome.html" title="Van Dyck's St. Jerome with an Angel">St. Jerome with an Angel</a> </div> </li> <li class=""> <a class="category " href="/web/20141101211943/http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/vermeers-the-art-of-painting.html" title="Dutch Republic">Dutch Republic</a> <em>More</em> <div class="artists"> <a class="artist " href="/web/20141101211943/http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/vermeers-the-art-of-painting.html" title="Dutch Republic">Johannes Vermeer</a> <a class="artwork " href="/web/20141101211943/http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/vermeers-the-art-of-painting.html" title="Dutch Republic">The Art of Painting</a> <a class="artwork" href="/web/20141101211943/http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/vermeers-woman-holding-a-balance.html" title="Vermeer's Woman Holding a Balance">Woman Holding a Balance</a> <a class="artwork" href="/web/20141101211943/http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/vermeer-the-glass-of-wine.html" title="Vermeer's The Glass of Wine">The Glass of Wine</a> <a class="artwork" href="/web/20141101211943/http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/baroque-holland.html" title="Vermeer's Young Woman with a Water Pitcher">Young Woman with a Water Pitcher</a> <a class="artist " href="/web/20141101211943/http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/rembrandts-the-anatomy-lesson-of-dr.-tulp.html" title="Rembrandt's The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp">Rembrandt </a> <a class="artwork" href="/web/20141101211943/http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/rembrandts-the-anatomy-lesson-of-dr.-tulp.html" title="Rembrandt's The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp">The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp</a> <a class="artwork" href="/web/20141101211943/http://smarthistory.khanacademy.org/rembrandts-self-portrait-with-saskia.html" title="Rembrandt's Self-Portrait with Saskia">Self-Portrait with Saskia</a> <a class="artwork" 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src="https://web.archive.org/web/20141101211943if_/http://www.khanacademy.org/embed_video?v=JrTsNuUQXzU" mce_src="http://www.khanacademy.org/embed_video?v=JrTsNuUQXzU" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen frameborder="0" height="400" scrolling="no" width="480"></iframe> <br> <p> Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, <i>Narcissus at the Source</i>, oil on canvas, 1597-99 (Palazzo Barberini)<br> <br> There stands a fountain in a darksom wood,<br> Nor stain'd with falling leaves nor rising mud;<br> Untroubled by the breath of winds it rests,<br> Unsully'd by the touch of men or beasts;<br> High bow'rs of shady trees above it grow,<br> And rising grass and chearful greens below.<br> Pleas'd with the form and coolness of the place,<br> And over-heated by the morning chace,<br> Narcissus on the grassie verdure lyes:<br> But whilst within the chrystal fount he tries<br> To quench his heat, he feels new heats arise.<br> For as his own bright image he survey'd,<br> He fell in love with the fantastick shade;<br> And o'er the fair resemblance hung unmov'd,<br> Nor knew, fond youth! it was himself he lov'd.<br> The well-turn'd neck and shoulders he descries,<br> The spacious forehead, and the sparkling eyes;<br> The hands that Bacchus might not scorn to show,<br> And hair that round Apollo's head might flow;<br> With all the purple youthfulness of face,<br> That gently blushes in the wat'ry glass.<br> By his own flames consum'd the lover lyes,<br> And gives himself the wound by which he dies.<br> To the cold water oft he joins his lips,<br> Oft catching at the beauteous shade he dips<br> His arms, as often from himself he slips.<br> Nor knows he who it is his arms pursue<br> With eager clasps, but loves he knows not who.<br> <br> Ovid, Metamorphoses, c. 8 C.E.<br> translation from Latin by Sir Samuel Garth, John Dryden, et.al.  </p> <div id="comments"> <h2 class="toggler">Your Comments (1)</h2> <div class="your-comments"> <h3 class="section clearfix"><span class="paging"></span>Previous Comments</h3><div class="comment"><h4><strong>H Niyazi</strong> wrote on Saturday, September 04, 2010</h4><p>Thank you for the video and commentary, a wonderful exploration of the aesthetics and allegory of this work. The only thing that was perhaps missing was a mention of the ongoing query of the attirbution of this work. This work was done in a phase of Caravaggio's career that was less well documented, and barring an export license dated some fifty years hence, the attribution rests on the stylistic analysis alone. I'd like to think it is a Caravaggio too, it has that lovely ponderous quality that is so resonant in a lot of his work. Kind Regards H Niyazi</p></div> <div class="add-comment clearfix" style="background-color: #ebe8e9;"> <h3 class="section clearfix"> Add Comments </h3> <p>We think Smarthistory works best when it prompts discussion. Please post (on-topic) comments.* <br><br> *All comments are moderated </p> <div id="usercomment"> To post a comment, you need the Adobe Flash Plugin. 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