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Look closely at the composition and lighting of this painting. Keep in mind how the painting illustrates the conversion of the Pharisee Saul to Christianity. It is the moment when he becomes the disciple Paul. What is the mood of the painting? What are the formal elements trying to convey (the lighting, the color, the space, the focal point)? How does this painting differ from paintings you have studied in the Renaissance era? Michelangelo Merisi (1573-1610), better known as Caravaggio, had a huge influence on Italian painting during the seventeenth… View the full answer

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