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Mr. Kilbridge, Religious Studies. Images for Extra Credit: The Apostolic Period. Caravaggio . Send the answers to the following six questions via email to mkilbridge@mcquaid.org . Indicate your name and section number.
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Mr. Kilbridge, Religious Studies Images for Extra Credit: The Apostolic Period
Caravaggio Send the answers to the following six questions via email to mkilbridge@mcquaid.org. Indicate your name and section number. 1. What event in the life of St. Paul is depicted in this painting by Caravaggio? 2. What evidence can you cite to support your conclusion? Images on this page and the next from Becket, Sr. Wendy, Sister Wendy’s Grand Tour: Discovering Europe’s Great Art
Peter and Paul, El Greco 1587-92 3. What is Peter (left) holding in his left hand? Explain the significance.4. What evidence do we have that Paul is "..the intellectual, the man of fire…all activity, all passion, all power"5. What evidence do we have that Peter is "the man of peace, the man of prayer?6. Does the contrast El Greco makes between the two men (as exemplified by the hands which are the focal point of the painting) say anything about the dual nature of the Church and its mission?