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Memling, Tissot and especially Salvador Dali whose Crucifixion was regarded as banal by an art critic at the first London exhibit. Marvelous work, very moving. The painting is known as the Christ of Saint John of the Cross, because its design is based on a drawing by the 16th-century Spanish friar John of the Cross.
23 by Grunewald sure didn’t pull. Any punches by ‘cleaning up the scene for the audience’ the pain and 5orture that Christ underwent for us was unreal. There flogging whips back then had bits of thorns and sharp rocks and sharp pottery shards that they would embed in the whip which would break off and stick,in the skin to inflict tremendousmpain an suffering. 23 caught that gruesome effect.
Gotta look into gaugins ‘yellow christ’- I doubt gaugin was religious, having sought and lived a hedonistic lifestyle, but perhaps his religious paintings had some kind of,influence on him later in life. Always liked his paintings.
Tissot of course always great, creates great theatrical scenes, like,perhaps an illustrator for an epic movie would do to promote it, and get people,interested by the grand scale and majestic scenes.
28 Messina, what an interesting depiction of the scene. Feels very lonesome even with the two women there, they seem to feel alone now too. Rabbit and owl in the scene- rabbit an signify new life as we discussed ear,earlier,, not sure what owl represents. People in the background wal,Wal, off towards the city again, leaving the scene it seems. I like that there aren’t 3 crosses, makes Christ’s stand out more, good use of contrast to draw attention.
36 Giovani really gets to me. The anguish of Mary. Everything else is excluded fro the scene, and it is just the two of them in a personal spiritual connection, as she thinks she is losing her lord and master and beloved teacher. The pain must have been excruciating for her, and the others as well of course, but this painting zeros in on her pain and how it affected her personally. Powerfully depicted.
Out of all these moving paintings, I was struck by the one depicting an eclipse. That’s a kind of a naturalistic explanation for the darkness at noon. But since Jesus was crucified at the full moon (Passover), it was physically impossible. The moon was on the other side of the earth. Eclipses only happen at new moon, when the moon is between the earth and the sun.
Then there’s the minor matter the darkness lasted from noon until 3 pm. No eclipse totality lasts longer than about 5 minutes. I know. I watched a total eclipse in 2017 here in Illinois.
Like the star of Bethlehem, I think this is another supernatural heavenly sign.
Expect more when He comes again.
For a long time I didn’t understand why the Roman soldier stabbed Jesus with a spear after He was dead. Then I learned as executioners, the soldiers were responsible to make sure their charges died. If they lived, the soldiers would be crucified. That explained that.
The professional soldier would know exactly where the heart was and how to pierce it from below. A medical doctor determined Jesus likely died of congestive heart failure from dehydration due to flogging and blood loss. The blood and fluid gathered around His heart and poured out when pierced. Fulfilling prophecy, too.