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17th Italy

Caravaggio, Conversion of Saul, detail, Cerasi Chapel, St. Maria del Popolo,

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Caravaggio, Conversion of Saul, detail, Cerasi Chapel, St. Maria del Popolo,
See my essay on Caravaggio for a discussion of Catholic Counter-Reformation values of conversion, faith, inner vision, "Jewish" blindness, and homoerotic mystical marriage.
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