{"product_id":"the-denial-of-crazy-horse","title":"The Denial of Crazy Horse","description":"\u003cp\u003e30”x40” Oil on Canvas\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy Julian Centofante\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInspired by Caravaggio’s “The Denial of St. Peter”\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pages\/contact\" style=\"display: inline-block; background-color: #2c2318; color: #ffffff; padding: 14px 28px; text-decoration: none; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 1px; margin-top: 16px;\"\u003eINQUIRE ABOUT THIS PAINTING\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Denial of Crazy Horse is inspired by Caravaggio's Denial of Saint Peter, taking that composition and reimagining it through the lens of the Battle of Little Bighorn.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn Caravaggio's original, a servant woman and a Roman soldier press Peter to admit his association with Jesus. As Christ himself had foretold, Peter denies it - hand raised, expression caught between guilt and desperation. It's a study in something deeply human:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ethe decision, under pressure, to deny what you know to be true.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this version, Custer takes the role of the Roman soldier and Crazy Horse takes the role of Peter. This is purely symbolic - no such face to face encounter between the two ever happened. Custer presses his accusation. Crazy Horse deflects, his expression reading the same way Caravaggio painted Peter's - guilty, composed, denying. The implication is that Crazy Horse is being accused of rallying the Lakota Sioux in preparation for conflict, and is acting as though he knows nothing of it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe parallel is intentional but not a direct one. Peter denied Christ out of fear, knowing the truth the entire time. What Crazy Horse's denial - if such a moment existed - would have come from is left open. This painting doesn't take sides. It doesn't assign blame or innocence to either man. It places two figures from very different worlds into a composition that Caravaggio built around one of the oldest human tensions there is - the moment between truth and the choice not to speak it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs in the original, the weight of the scene lives in the face of the accused.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Inward Arrows","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48593678074105,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0706\/0986\/2905\/files\/IMG_2872.jpg?v=1782405675","url":"https:\/\/juliancentofante.com\/products\/the-denial-of-crazy-horse","provider":"Inward Arrows","version":"1.0","type":"link"}