9 weeks...

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, or better known as simply Caravaggio, is without a doubt, my absolute favorite artist. I was saving him for the final week, but I just couldn't help myself.

Conversion of St. Paul, Caravaggio, 1601

 Before I ever feasted my eyes on this painting, I imagined Paul's conversion to look exactly like this. Seriously. So you can imagine my reaction when I saw this painting for the first time, and now every time I see it, I get so excited, I do a lil' dance inside. 

Plus, check out that lighting? Wow. Just wow. That's what the art world calls chiaroscuro (the arrangement or treatment of light and dark parts in a pictorial work of art). And did I mention Caravaggio was 31 when he painted this? YES...31!

Le sigh, I love.