";s:4:"text";s:2079:"Even the lovely nymph Echo could not manage to tempt him from his self-absorption. Caravaggio uses this to entirely obscure the background. The classic version is by Ovid, found in book 3 of his Metamorphoses (completed 8 AD); this is the story of Echo and Narcissus. See more ideas about Daffodils, Flower art and China painting. Add to Likebox #87168244 - gloves and shovel with flowers and lettuce in a box for plantation. Narcissus stayed beside the stream gazing at his reflected paramour in vain, neglecting even to eat or drink. Narcissus is a figure from Greek mythology who was so impossibly handsome that he fell in love with his own image reflected in a pool of water. Caravaggio's Narcissus is an exemplary showcase of his tenebrism, the strong contrast between very dark and very bright spaces in a painting.
Narcissus' name lives on as the flower into which he was transformed and as a synonym for those obsessed with their own appearance. Several versions of the myth have survived from ancient sources. Similar Images .