Narrow srage for everyone to sit and be on in this piece
Drama, action, tons of diagonals
Maintain the high naturalism in the High Rennesance
Considered “Radical Naturalism”: Showing characters that are not noble, but realistic, even Christ looks normal and barely elevated above his followers
Placed amongst multiple other ones
Contarelli Chapel: Belonged to Cardinal Matthew who was French
Matthew was the main focus because of his namesake and he believed in the deciple
Left to right: Moment of transformation and enlightmenment, middle is for the nonbelievers, and the last one is the pitty of the patron and faith
Reached out to the humble and the poor who were never intended to see artwork prior
Content
Conversion and enlightenment
Matthew was shocked!
All the men leave over counting their money
Grimey scene, not really a nice pub
Normal dress on
All of their wardrobes were showing how they were dressed well
Not legal things going on here
Light symbolizing Christ and renters with him
Far from the idealized beauty of the renaissance
Above Christ’s head is a halo
Christ is the most covered up than all the other figures
Hand is reminiscent of the hand of the Sistine Chapel
Christ’s arm follows the diagonal going to Matthew
St. Peter in front of Christ
Heavy and powerful
Matthew pointing at himself in disbelief
Light is cast upon Matthew
Burnini is a educational frat boy but Carravaggo was the emo version of that
Caravaggio had the death sentence on him because he killed a man and he basically was crazy