Best Tenebrism
The Calling of Saint Matthew is an oil painting created by Caravaggio around 1599 to 1600 for the Contarelli Chapel in the church of San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome. It depicts Christ entering a dim room and calling Matthew, traditionally identified as a tax collector seated among men counting money....
Why this score?
Caravaggio chapel masterpiece, revolutionary light and realism, central Baroque and art-history status.
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Judith Beheading Holofernes is an oil painting made by Caravaggio around 1598 to 1599, now in the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica in Rome. It depicts the biblical heroine Judith cutting off the head of the Assyrian general Holofernes while her servant waits nearby. The compressed staging, forceful...
Why this score?
Powerful early Caravaggio violence, strong chiaroscuro and realism, influential though less canonical than chapel works.
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