Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, known simply as Caravaggio, was an Italian painter in the 16th century CE. he is known for his manipulation of light, or chiaruscuro (literally: light-dark). his paintings are often predominantly dark, with a stark, almost blinding light illuminating his subjects. his models were the common people that surrounded him on a daily basis. they could have been prostitutes or artists; what they were not were the clean, angelic, peaceful people that usually graced the canvases of similar religious paintings.
this painting, "The Calling of Saint Matthew", painted 1599-1600, depicts the moment that Christ calls Matthew to become one of his disciples.
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