Two Fish Fighting 1600

Editor: So, this is "Two Fish Fighting" by Antonio Tempesta. It's a really intense image. All that frantic energy! What do you make of it? Curator: I love that you see the frantic energy! For me, it's Tempesta wrestling with the Baroque obsession with dynamism. Can he contain the chaos, or will it swallow him whole? Are these fish a metaphor for something bigger? Editor: That's really interesting. I was only thinking about the immediate drama of the fight. Curator: Exactly! The Baroque is about pulling you in, making you *feel*. Thanks, I'm off to look at Baroque art in a whole new light.