Caravaggio's Conversion Of Saint Paul

Abstract: At the beginning of the seventeenth century, the artist, Michelangelo Merisi (called Caravaggio), began to paint in a manner that was at once new and exciting as well as echoing the best of the Renaissance Masters who had come before. This 20 page paper argues that the use of light and shadow, specifically in the painting, The Conversion Of Saint Paul, is both a dramatic iconographic technique and a reflection of the baroque period characteristic that was such an integral component to Caravaggio's personal style. Bibliography lists 13 sources.

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Catagory: Artists, Art Genre, & Famous Works Of Art

Subcatagory: Art & Architecture

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