would you like a fun fact??? that only i care about?
first, there's a criminal minds scene i really like. it's that scene in 3x07- the one where emily and morgan (and reid, against his will😭) slip into rossi's new office. they look around for a minute, profile the place, and morgan grabs what looks like a painting from a box. reid analyzes it, assures the rest of the team that it's definitely an original piece. they assume their new team member to be an "italian who loves the classics and had a strict catholic upbringing".
... see, the art is only shown on screen for a minute. and the only screenshot i could get of it was so blurry-
BUT!!! my wonderful wonderful partner @prettyboy-reiid helped me find it! luv that guy fr <3
it's titled "study for a christ", and it's by famous italian renaissance artist andrea mantegna. it was created around 1478 - to 1490.
i think they only used it because the last name is mantegna, like the actor who plays rossi (joe mantegna), but wowww......
this also makes me giggle a little bit because Wow 😭😭😭! rossi's "that piece cost more than my first house" comment makes a lot of sense now.
my SECOND fun fact is about another painting from the show! and has a ton of symbolism packed inside <3.
it's kinda bloody, so be warned ! (it's a hawk eating another bird- not INSANELY gorey, but still 👍)
AUDUBON, john james (1785-1851) great-footed hawk. from "the birds of america" (amsterdam edition)
this painting is a little chilling! two great-footed hawks devouring these poor ducks, the way one of them stares into the "camera", the way the other has blood dripping down its beak. not even MENTIONING the way one of the ducks is nearly crying blood.
... which is why the episode it appears in is so good.
season 10, episode 13 - "nelson's sparrow"
obviously, spoilers ahead!
this was the painting that jason gideon, while bleeding out and panicking and trying to figure out SOME way to leave a clue for the team to find- because he knows the team would find him soon- shot. he shot it right in the bloodied beak of that bird (alliteration!), too.
this is the painting that rossi picks up and stares at, in total shock. silence. morgan barely has a chance to ask him what he's thinking before rossi grabs spencer and takes him on that trip to the bunker.
that painting is the One Thing that solved that case.
gideon KNEW rossi was on the team, somehow. he knew rossi had taken his place, and he knew that rossi would immediately be able to figure out the clue. he knew that rossi would push it enough to go all the way to roanoke, even if everybody else on the team thought it might be a stretch.
so what does all that mean? it's simple, really :
jason gideon's dying thoughts were of david rossi.
and there's one more thing to mention.
as this is pretty much gideon's official "farewell" episode, i think the inclusion of the ducks is.. very cool! especially if they're dead.
how did we first meet david rossi?
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