The Crucifixion I chose to analyze The Crucifixion because it shows such passion, love, and creativity. When I first saw The Crucifixion I was not quite able to make out what the picture was showing. However, once I finally saw the image, I was absolutely astounded by what I saw. The colors all played really well off of each other, complimented one another, and the picture became quite clear. I feel that this picture completely describes my religion. My religion, to outsiders, may look like quite a mess of feelings and emotions, but once they look at it with a different point of view, they are able to clearly see the image of God. I also felt that the symbolism portrayed in this image truly inspiring. Like I have stated before, the art appears …show more content…
I think the author wanted you to see Jesus' suffering, His passion for His people, and His sadness in humanity's decision to sin over and over and over again. His eyes appear to be closed with, again, just show that He feels so much pain for His people, that He is suffering both physically and mentally. The title of this piece of art, The Crucifixion, helps better set the scene for what is happening here. Jesus is being crucified for being the son of God, for telling everyone that He is the savior who has come to save us from all our own doom, and that He is the one who will open the gates of Heaven so that we may enter. This image helps me better understand who Jesus was because His crucifixion was a major part of His life as well as the end of His life until He rises from the dead. Without Him dying on the cross, we would never be able to go to Heaven, as we would all go down to Hell for the gates of Heaven would not be opened, and He would not be able to rise from the dead and reveal to us all that He really is God. It makes you understand that, while being nailed to a cross, beaten, and whipped, is not an ideal situation for anyone to go through, He loved, and still loves us, so much that He was willing to go through one of the worst possible situations in order to be
Imagine seeing the crucifiction of Christ. Seeing that happen would change everyone’s view of the world. Christ’s crucifiction affected many people, including His mother, Mary. Juan de Juanes, the artist, painted this scene realistically. This painting was made with oil paints on panel with long flowing strokes, which seemed to make it come to life. Juan de Juanes depicts many aspects in this painting such as historical significance, colors, and subject matter.
The ominous figure in the centre of the foreground - Jesus Christ hanging lifeless on the cross, in Luca di Tommè’s ‘The Crucifixion’, primarily catches the eye. The symmetrical arrangement of lamenting figures around the cross, as well as the gilded background, highlight him as the focal point of this artwork.
In both paintings, the artists use people to help create the mood of the scene. In Moretto’s Entombment, Moretto depicted each figure with his or her own unique emotion. Saint John the Evangelist (lower left) looks towards Christ with a gaping mouth as if he still can’t believe this is happening. He also holds Christ’s arm like he wants to help in some way but he knows that he can not. Nicodemus (upper left) definitely looks the least emotional of the group but that may be because his beard hides some emotion. Moretto angled Nicodemus’s body toward Christ as if he was trying to help, but restrained himself . Nicodemus also clenches the crown of thorns towards his chest shows in order to show the viewer his grief. Mary (above Christ) looks saddened but also in deep thought. Her eyes wander off into the sky looking at something that we can not see. I think Moretto did this in order to hint to us that Mary foresaw this event and knew that it was part of a greater picture. Joseph of Arimathaea (upper right) has his body turned away slightly, causing him to twist his neck giving us the impression that the event is too terrible for
The eye is first directed towards Jesus, who is the center of attention in the painting. His pale body is limp, and trickles of blood run down his face and body. There are holes in his hands and feet, and gashes in his stomach, which show the complete suffering that Jesus went through. The painting also feels a bit crowded with all the people. The artist may have done this to draw more attention to Jesus in the center. Van der Weyden superbly made Jesus’ body seem lifeless, and the crowded people look grieved. This causes the viewer to feel a pang and it stirs their heart to love God, which is called an
Upon walking into Gallery 250 of Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, one will find on the wall a particularly eye-catching piece of art. The piece, set high on the corner of the wall encompassed by pictures depicting scenes from the life of Jesus Christ, is Giulio Cesare Procaccini's The Scourging of Christ. In this piece, Procaccini's masterful use of light and shadows in a technique called chiaroscuro dramatically portray the torturing of Christ, and it is this very application of chiaroscuro that immediately caught my eye. Through his masterful rendition of value, Procaccini successfully evoked within me a crushing sensation of agony. While I did not initially realize that the piece was one of Christ, research enabled me to witness how
Throughout much of Modernism many artists were influenced and informed by the work of exotic regions throughout the world, more specifically Africa. African Art would influence much of the Modern Movements from the latter part of the Nineteenth and the beginning of the Twentieth Centuries. Much is said of the artists within the Harlem Renaissance, and how it directly reflects the influence of Africana upon their art. Often times, this work is neglected to be considered Modern if not in specialized selections of course throughout many of today's higher institutions of learning. However, thus being said, Aaron Douglas, often considered the pioneer of African American Modern Art, would bring this notion to the
The Early Netherlandish period holds its place in time as one of the most important periods of art history. The progression of Western culture is certainly demonstrated by the more sophisticated techniques and new styles seen during this era. Early Netherlandish art is fascinating because of how ahead of the Italian Proto Renaissance it is in terms of refinement, and yet by later standards it is so basic because of the lack of linear perspective. Furthermore, this era brought with it many new artists that are still appreciated to this day for their ingenuity; one of them being Rogeir van der Weyden. Rogier van der Weyden’s The Crucifixion, is a very important representation of art from the Early Netherlandish period because of its great religious
As the viewer, when you look at this woman, it makes me follow her gaze to what she looks at which I believe to be the reason as to why the artist painted her in that way. From my knowledge on this scene from varies movies, soldiers would come and break the legs of those crucified to speed their death. When they came to Jesus, they could not break his legs as he was already dead. Instead, a solider pierced his side with his lance to assure themselves that he was dead. In the Last Judgement panel, you can see that the artist divided the painting into three different sections which depict heaven, earth and hell. In the section where heaven can be portrayed you can see a couple of angels above Christ blowing on their horns and Christ, himself is sitting in the center of many angels and saints. Jesus still appears to have the wounds of his crucifixion and the wound received from the soldier’s spear, but instead of being naked, he is wearing a red robe. To the right and left of Jesus, you can see Mary (left) and John the Baptist (right) kneeling next to him and praying. Jesus, Mary and John the Baptist have a yellow glow surrounding
This includes the facial expressions that the apostles wear and body movements that they make. The final reason this painting is considered a masterpiece is because of the one-point perspective Da Vinci achieves. In this painting, every element of the painting is centered around Jesus Christ. This incredible one-point perspective was achieved by Da Vinci when he “hammered a nail into the wall, then tied a string to it to make marks that helped guide his hands” (Puchko 2). The revolutionary one-point perspective, new technique Da Vinci uses, and incredible portrayal of emotions makes this painting a marvel of the Renaissance
Macbeth rises among the ranks because his desire is far greater than his loyalty. Immediately after the witches told him that he would become king, Macbeth questions his next move. Macbeth ponders “why, chance may crown me without my stir” (1.3.158-159). Right here, Macbeth believes that actions must be taken in order for the prophecy to become true. His loyalty to the king makes it difficult to for him to take action. Macbeth’s has low motive but changes when he witnessed Malcolm become the heir to the throne. He is envious of Malcolm and acknowledges that “[he] must fall or else overleapt”(1.4.56). His ambition is evident because Macbeth wants what Malcolm
Vittore Carpaccio’s symmetrical input truly served it’s purpose. Focusing on the center third of the painting, there’s a mere perfect symmetrical contrast of life and death top to bottom. Most impacting is the symmetrical division of the malnourished and tortured body of Jesus Christ, The left side of his body is in a lively sitting posture on the throne. While his right side is the embodiment of death, his punctured ribs and dangling arm. From the ground up, Carpaccio illustrates the contrast of life and death with minimal details in the painting. The supporting stones of the throne, directly below the arm rests, are divided by breakage, the left stone is cracked and falling apart, while the opposing stone appears to be intact. Vittore Carpaccio managed to capture the cycle of life with many elements one wouldn’t think of comparing life and death with. The top left portion of the throne is a half broken, followed by Jesus’s deadly posture to the falling apart ground stone of the throne, Death is captured in a very recognizable minimalistic form.
It is a scene which is shown after Jesus was crucified, where his body has been removed from the cross and his friends and family mourn over his body. Many artists have focused this scene by just painting four people: the body of Christ, His mother, Saint Mary Magdalene and Joseph of Arimathea.
For my paper I have elected to discuss the piece The Crucifixion by renown Italian pre-Renaissance painter Pietro Lorenzetti, who was active between 1306 and 1345. The Crucifixion depicts none other than the crucifixion of Christ, alongside two unnamed men (typically referred to by historians as “the Penitent Thief” and “the Impenitent Thief”) as well as the crowd of people witnessing their deaths. Religious depictions have always been a popular motif in art, especially in pre-15th century artwork, specifically those of the crucifixion of Christ. Many of histories most renown artists have created pieces depicting it, such as Rembrandt, Dali, and even Picasso.
When I see the painting the shape is symmetric in the sense that there are the same amount of people on both sides of Jesus. The genre of this painting is Christian art.There are also four panels on both sides of the walls. In my opinion, the target audience that this painting was intended for are those who are believers of Christ. I feel this way because I think that this painting portrays the event that is talked about in the bible in the scripture Matthew 26, verse 21 where Jesus says “…"Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me.". He then continues in verse 23 saying, “The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with me will betray me”. In the painting, you can clearly see the man two seats away from his right reaching for the bowl at the same time as Christ. This event lead to the Holy Eucharist, also known as communion or the Lord’s Supper where Christ takes the bread which was to symbolize his body and wine which was to symbolize his
This short scene leading to the cross opens the mind of the audience that Jesus loves us vastly to take the punishments of sins.