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The Conversion of Saul is a fresco painted by Michelangelo Buonarroti (c. 1542–1545). It is housed in the Pauline Chapel (Capella Paolina), Vatican Palace, in Vatican City. This piece depicts the moment that Saul is converted to Christianity while on the road to Damascus. Pope Paul III commissioned the work for the chapel of his namesake. The ...
Michelangelo's two frescoes in the Cappella Paolina, The Conversion of Saul and The Crucifixion of St Peter were painted from 1542 to 1549, the height of his fame, but were widely viewed as disappointments and even failures by their contemporary audience. They did not conform to the compositional conventions of the time and the subject-matter ...
Michelangelo also left many drawings, sketches, and some works in poetry. Sculpture. Image ... The Conversion of Saul c. 1542 – 1545 Fresco 625 cm × 661 cm (246 in ...
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was born on 6 March 1475 [c] in Caprese, known today as Caprese Michelangelo, a small town situated in Valtiberina, [10] near Arezzo, Tuscany. [11] For several generations, his family had been small-scale bankers in Florence ; but the bank failed, and his father Ludovico briefly took a government post ...
The blindingly bright light is the apex of this story; it is because of this that Michelangelo chose to situate this painting on the western wall with the eastern exposure, so that the lunette situated above The Conversion of Saul would provide a bright light to illuminate it throughout the day.
The Conversion of Saul, a fresco by Michelangelo developed between 1542 and 1545. The main source for information about Paul's life is the material found in his epistles and in the Acts of the Apostles. [45] However, the epistles contain little information about Paul's pre-conversion past.
The Conversion of Saul (Michelangelo) The Crucifixion of Saint Peter (Michelangelo) D. David and Goliath (Titian) Deposition of Christ (Bronzino) E. Eleonora Chapel;
Saul is almost embracing his vision. The painting depicts this moment recounted in the Acts of the Apostles, except Caravaggio has Saul falling off a horse (which is not mentioned in the story) on the road to Damascus, seeing a blinding light and hearing the voice of Jesus. For Saul this is a moment of intense religious ecstasy: he is lying on ...