Monday, September 18, 2006

St. Paul's Conversion

Depictions in Images


Left, Conversion on the Way to Damascus,Caravaggio,1601
Right,The Conversion of Saul, Fresco by Michelangelo, 1542-45
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And here is a late Medieval one by a less-well-known French painter Jean Fouquet (Paul's Conversion). Less emotional, but still full of symbolism. And Saul's horse is ever present. I couldn't find detailed information on it, but I think it is part of an illuminated manuscript, with the curved writing at the top, and the simple formality of its design.