The Quietest Painting in the Room
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-2012
Keywords
Caravaggio, Michelangelo, St. Matthew, Rome, Sistine Chapel
Abstract
This essay reads the gestures in Caravaggio's painting The Calling of St. Matthew as referencing Michelangelo's painting on the Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Both are about being created, in a sense, in the same moment one is called.
Recommended Citation
Willett, Mischa, "The Quietest Painting in the Room" (2012). SPU Works. 126.
https://digitalcommons.spu.edu/works/126