Diane
Villanueva
Title: The Calling
of Saint Mathew (1599-1600)
Artist: Michelangelo Merisi Caravaggio
Location:San Luigi dei Francesi
The calling
of saint Matthew is a painting about Jesus calling on Matthew to follow him. The
painting is dark but still rich in color. The men in the painting look
realistic their facial expressions are all different. The painting has just enough
light shining in from the open window to see the stone walls and dirty windows.
The men sitting at the table seem to be privileged their clothing rich in color
and well put together. The sword behind one of the men can possibly mean they
are authority figures. Jesus and the man next to him are barefoot and in rags.
Matthew’s head is hanging low as if he’s ashamed of something he might have
done. Jesus is letting Matthew know everyone can follow Jesus. I think this
painting is symmetrical everything in the painting seems to correspond with
each other. There is a simple balance in color. Baroque paintings are often dramatic, the emotion on there faces and their body language is a perfect example of that.
True- this is a great example of Baroque but it was not ar the Museum
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