How Did Caravaggio's Art Contribute To Salvation?
The list of the Protestant beliefs were salvation is gained through faith. The Bible is the only source where an individual can find the truth. The concept of priests or the Churches had the power over an individual relationship with God is against the bible. All Christians have a direct connect to God through faith and the Bible. This belief system was called the Protestantism founded by Martin Luther, who broke out of the Catholic Church system. This cause the Catholic Church to set and strengthen their position to face the rise of the protestant. This defense of the Church was organized by the Council of Trent. In fact, the Council of Trent created The Counter-Reformation which brought the idea that the power of Mannerism painting and religious
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He was a painter whose directness and closeness of his paintings really differentiate his work and put him as one of the greatest painters of Rome Caravaggio's art was a great representation of the Counter-Reformation of art because he also introduce the Mannerism style in his painting. He brought great naturalistic and direct perspective to his painting which provide great representation of the reformation throughout Rome. In addition to his naturalistic and direct approach, Caravaggio's other perspective in his painting was the way he used chiaroscuro which bring out great drama, and also a theatrical point of view in his painting. Caravaggio painted many painting for several patronage in Rome especially for the church. The Calling of Saint Matthew painting was one of the great work he did. In this painting, Caravaggio demonstrated a Biblical scene where Jesus approached a table with group of man that was counting money. They were tax collectors that were accused of stealing money from many people. Jesus called one of the man name Matthew in the group and told him to follow him. This painting was very direct because of Caravaggio expressed a technique called chiaroscuro (light and shadow) His used of light and shadow in the painting becomes very important and remained a great characteristic throughout the
He was a painter whose directness and closeness of his paintings really differentiate his work and put him as one of the greatest painters of Rome Caravaggio's art was a great representation of the Counter-Reformation of art because he also introduce the Mannerism style in his painting. He brought great naturalistic and direct perspective to his painting which provide great representation of the reformation throughout Rome. In addition to his naturalistic and direct approach, Caravaggio's other perspective in his painting was the way he used chiaroscuro which bring out great drama, and also a theatrical point of view in his painting. Caravaggio painted many painting for several patronage in Rome especially for the church. The Calling of Saint Matthew painting was one of the great work he did. In this painting, Caravaggio demonstrated a Biblical scene where Jesus approached a table with group of man that was counting money. They were tax collectors that were accused of stealing money from many people. Jesus called one of the man name Matthew in the group and told him to follow him. This painting was very direct because of Caravaggio expressed a technique called chiaroscuro (light and shadow) His used of light and shadow in the painting becomes very important and remained a great characteristic throughout the