Calling of Saint Matthew Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610)
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio – Calling of Saint Matthew
Edit attribution
Download full size: 5669×5342 px (5,6 Mb)
Painter: Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio
Album navigation:
Mathieu Contrel (a building contractor) left a will. According to it, the chapel in the church was to be decorated with frescoes. He chose a specific theme and the quantity required. The contract was signed with the then famous painter Cesari d’Arpino. He was once Caravaggio’s rival. But because he was simply overwhelmed with all sorts of orders, in 1599 he was only able to design the vault. There were serious fears that the painting would not be finished in time. The agreement with Arpino was broken.
ArtClub
Best Contemporary Atists
Description of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio’s The Calling of the Apostle Matthew
Mathieu Contrel (a building contractor) left a will. According to it, the chapel in the church was to be decorated with frescoes. He chose a specific theme and the quantity required. The contract was signed with the then famous painter Cesari d’Arpino. He was once Caravaggio’s rival. But because he was simply overwhelmed with all sorts of orders, in 1599 he was only able to design the vault. There were serious fears that the painting would not be finished in time.
The agreement with Arpino was broken. They decided to entrust Caravaggio with this demanding task. Prior to that he had dealt only with private commissions. This work was his first test of his pen for a wider audience. The painter decided to completely abandon the traditional frescoes. He preferred large canvases.
"The Calling of the Apostle Matthew" is the first painting. This work of the artist is by right the best creation, created on a fairly rare subject.
Matthew saw Jesus himself and decided to call him to serve as an apostle. Caravaggio’s interpretation is different. He depicts the story as one of the scenes of ordinary life at the time. We see a dark room. The men are sitting and counting the proceeds. The young men turn around and look intently at the entrants. Matvey is dressed poorly. No one understands who he is but Levi.
The darkness is broken through by a flood of light where Jesus is with the apostle Peter. It is a symbol of faith that has suddenly burst into the world. Our gaze is strictly organized by the way it is directed. We involuntarily read the entire scene exactly, starting from the left. We can only see the hand and head of Jesus. He only came in here for a moment, as his feet are turned toward the exit. The same gesture, the outstretched arm, is repeated three times here. Many researchers believe that this is no coincidence.
We understand the language of the artist. That’s why his paintings were and still are so popular.
You cannot comment Why?
The picture has something of this: people, group, woman, room, many, education, child, man, furniture, leader, group together, seat, school, administration, sit, music, wear.
Perhaps it’s a painting of a group of people sitting around a table with a man in the middle of the table pointing at a woman in the.