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The Crucifixion By Brecht Durer Analysis

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Brecht Durer once said, “What beauty is, I know not, though it adheres to many things.” Brecht Durer was a German painter, print maker, and theorist who was born on May 21, 1471 and died on April 6, 1528 in Nuremberg, Germany. His extensive work in printmaking established his reputation in Europe, making him one of the leading artists of the Renaissance period. “A print is a work of art made up of ink on paper and existing in multiple examples.” Durer’s woodcut prints often depicted religious subjects and revealed technical skills that had never before been seen. Woodcut is a technique in printmaking where the artist carves images from a piece of wood. Then it is covered with a thin layer of ink so the carved parts remain ink-less. His woodcut piece, The Crucifixion, was made in Nuremberg, Germany in 1498 during the Northern Renaissance period. This print is one out of a series …show more content…

After Christ was captured, he was flogged with a lead-tipped whip and mocked for being the “King of the Jews”. By the time of his crucifixion, Christ was so weak and broken that a man named Simon had to carry his cross. The Romans nailed his wrists and ankles to the cross, and at nine o’clock in the morning, he was crucified. There was a darkness that fell across the land from noon to three o’clock. When the darkness vanished, Christ called out to God, saying “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” The viewers were confused, as they thought he was calling out to a prophet to save him from his fate and they decided to see if the prophet would come. However, the only thing that happened was Christ cry as his soul was leaving his body and ascending into Heaven. “And when Christ had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit”. The Roman officer who was facing him during his crucifixion was shocked. When the curtains of the Temple split in two, he new that they were all wrong, for Christ was the son of

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