The geometric lines and the contrast of light and dark colors in Baroque art became known in the seventeenth century. Most artists began painting about realistic events happening at this time. This style of art was intended to create a “visual space that moved away from the viewer in parallel planes”. (Sayre691) Some artists such as, Caravaggio and Gentileschi concentrated on the use of contrasts in dark and light colors. This was a time where the artist focused on the details of their paintings and the real world in their work and religious views. By using the dark and light colors it created a more dramatic and realistic style of art in Caravaggio’s The Calling of St. Mathew and The Conversation of St. Paul, and again in Gentileschi’s Judith and the Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes.
In Caravaggio’s The Calling of St. Mathew painted in 1599-1600 the most dramatic detail of this painting is “the light that streams in from an unseen window”. (Sayre702) In this …show more content…
Paul that was painted in 1601. Caravaggio painted this to hang on the narrow wall in the Carasi family chapel in Santa Maria del Popolo. This painting illustrates Saul falling off his horse and hears the words “Saul, Saul why persecutes thou me?” (Acts9: 4)(Sayre703). This painting symbolizes where Saul seen a bright light from the sky and it blinded him for three days. The light in this painting falls on Saul lying on the ground with his hands up in the air, as if he were pushing on something. However with Saul’s hands up in the air it brings attention to him since he is in the viewers’ space. The dark shadows show the servant and the horse that looks as if they don’t see what has happened to Saul. This painting shows a dramatic event that can happen in the real world and a lot detail of the characters in it. This painting was painted on a 45-degree angle to portray the event in dramatic
In Caravaggio’s The Calling of St. Mathew painted in 1599-1600 the most dramatic detail of this painting is “the light that streams in from an unseen window”. (Sayre702) In this …show more content…
Paul that was painted in 1601. Caravaggio painted this to hang on the narrow wall in the Carasi family chapel in Santa Maria del Popolo. This painting illustrates Saul falling off his horse and hears the words “Saul, Saul why persecutes thou me?” (Acts9: 4)(Sayre703). This painting symbolizes where Saul seen a bright light from the sky and it blinded him for three days. The light in this painting falls on Saul lying on the ground with his hands up in the air, as if he were pushing on something. However with Saul’s hands up in the air it brings attention to him since he is in the viewers’ space. The dark shadows show the servant and the horse that looks as if they don’t see what has happened to Saul. This painting shows a dramatic event that can happen in the real world and a lot detail of the characters in it. This painting was painted on a 45-degree angle to portray the event in dramatic