In this artwork, how is the Style discussed?
"This clear legibility, so different from many Mannerist paintings, ... accounted for the work's enormous popularity."[1] The position of Christ's hand, however, reflects that of Adam's in the Sistine Chapel; the Church considered Christ to be the Second Adam. But instead of being gifted life, as the first Adam was, Christ is instead the one who bestows it, calling Levi to a new life as Matthew.
Mannerist Matthew