Man to his friend: "I've heard that people can still see when their heads are chopped off. There is oxygen in the brain, which makes the head able to see. I bet they could see the basket that their head was falling into."
Friend: "I guess we will never know for ourselves."
Yes, I hope so.
Considering the conversation was happening in the Baroque gallery of the
National Gallery, it wasn't so strange. Had I overheard the same in a coffee shop, I would be worried.
All of the following paintings are Baroque:
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| Caravaggio, David and Goliath 1609-10 |
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| Guido Reni, Salome with the Head of St. John the Baptist 1639-40 |
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Artemesia Gentileschi, Judith Beheading Holofernes c.1615
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