Caravaggio's First Inspiration of St. Matthew

Michelangelo Caravaggio was a great Baroque painter of the 17th century and was always an artist under review. His style, his painting theme, and how he chose to depict his theme were often criticized and rejected by his customers. These rejected paintings were discussed in a journal article by Troy Thomas entitled "Expression of St. Matthew Strongly Appealing to Caravaggio's First Mind". Articles highlight the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, the theme of these rejected works.

Caravaggio's first public committee was "the martyr of St. Matthew". This is also his first "Dell'Otro". In this picture, the face of the person who ran away on the left side of the background shows his attack on the barber 's apprenticeship. There is no negative confession. When asking in time, the barber completely explained the features of Caravaggio himself. The left face is now considered a self-portrait of frowning Dell'Otro's face, and in 1610 he completed St. Ursula's Martyrdom, the final work, and was also a self-portrait. "The face of Caravaggio himself appears in the most right silhouette as if he is about to see a tragic event, his mouth opened with a natural pose of surprise and fear (Dell'Otro)" Compassion A mind expression with her is fixed to the scorpion's hand instead of a martyr

Compared to Caravaggio St. Matthew of the same church, Domenicino's St. Cecilia mural is quite different. After a dark, arrogant and sideways altarpiece of Caravaggio at Contarelli church, the combination of the domenicino offerings made over 10 years has a more relaxed palette. This is because of mid-size mural paintings. Many other aspects of this work are quite different from the Baroque style of Caravaggio. Domenicino seems to revive Bologna's classicism in his St. Cecilia mural. The composition of the character as a whole creates a very promising triangle. This establishes stability. However, there are still many moves and strong diagonals in the triangle. The two graphics in the lower corner of the combination are mirror images of each other and produce continuous motion in the scene.