The conversion of Saint Paul
(By the Italian painter Caravaggio)
Caravaggio was born as Michelangelo Merisi in Italy around 1571. He was orphaned at age 11 and apprenticed with a painter in Milan. He moved to Rome, where his work became popular for the tenebrism technique he used, which used shadow to emphasize lighter areas. His career, however, was short-lived. Caravaggio killed a man during a brawl and fled Rome. He died not long after, on July 18, 1610.
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This painting was made in 1600-1601 and it is in the Odescalchi Balvi Collection, in Rome.his paint was commissioner by a Monsignor Tiberio Cerasi.
This painting was made by oil and cypress wood, the dimension were 237cm x 189cm (93in x 74in), and at present continued to stay in the same localization.
This painting was made in 1600-1601 and it is in the Odescalchi Balvi Collection, in Rome.his paint was commissioner by a Monsignor Tiberio Cerasi.
This painting was made by oil and cypress wood, the dimension were 237cm x 189cm (93in x 74in), and at present continued to stay in the same localization.
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In this painting have a religious significance, It represent when saul(before call Paul) whent to persecute Christians but he failed down of his horse and became blind, when he has a vision of Christ when he became to see, he started to believe in Good, And he tried to represent this relat of the Biblia in this painting.
In the painting we can see:
- Four men and a horse
- in the left of the painting we can see a man with a hat, and armature with wapons like a heroe who tried to help the other man, next to him there are a man on the floor whit his hands on his ayes he had a big bear and brown , and he is almost naked. In the center of the paint we can see a brown horse wich its too nervous. In the right courner there are two men. One had a black t-shirt , and the other its like an angel who tried top stop the other man. this painting have all the backgound in black and the figures of the mens and the horse are in bright colours.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Conversion_of_Saint_Paul_(Caravaggio)
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/his/CoreArt/art/bar_cvggo_conv.html
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By the Italian painter Caravaggio
Caravaggio was born as Michelangelo Merisi in Italy around 1571. He was orphaned at age 11 and apprenticed with a painter in Milan. He moved to Rome, where his work became popular for the tenebrism technique he used, which he used shadow to emphasize lighter areas. His career, however, was short-lived. Caravaggio killed a man during a brawl and fled Rome. He died not long after, on July 18, 1610.
This painting was made in 1600-1601 and it is in the Odescalchi Balvi Collection, in Rome.His painting was commissioner by a Monsignor Tiberio Cerasi.
This painting was made by oil and cypress wood, the dimension were 237cm x 189cm), and at present it continues to be located in the same church.
(In) This painting has a religious significance, It represents when Saul (called Paul later) was persecuting Christians but he failed down of his horse and became blind. Then he had a vision of Christ and when he could see again/ recovered sight, he started to believe in God. And Caravaggio tried to represent this story of the Bible in this painting.
In the painting we can see:
- Four men and a horse
- On the left of the painting we can see a man with a hat, and an armour with weapons like a hero who tried to help the other man, next to him there is a man on the floor whit his hands on his eyes he had a big and brown beard, and he is almost naked. In the center of the paint we can see a brown horse which its too nervous. On the right corner there are two men. One has a black t-shirt , and the other one is like an angel who tried to stop the other man. This painting has all the background in black and the figures of the men and the horse are in bright colours.
You haven’t explained the Baroque features of the painting and the painting you’ve analyzed is not the correct one. The conversion of Saint Paul on his way to Damascus is this painting:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversion_on_the_Way_to_Damascus#mediaviewer/File:Conversion_on_the_Way_to_Damascus-Caravaggio_(c.1600-1).jpg
There are a lot of spelling mistakes. You should pay more attention. Your mark is 5.5