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The work is made from paper, glass, a metal frame, a metal chain, a magnifying glass, and a painted ladder. The word YES is printed on the piece of paper. [1] The work is interactive, with the viewer (or participant) expected to climb the ladder and use a magnifying glass to look at the word "YES" which is printed on paper beneath a sheet of glass suspended from the ceiling.
The focal point of the painting is in the center panel, which portrays a group of interlocking figures arranged in an elliptical shape around the lifeless body of Jesus. St. John, dressed in a scarlet cloak and with one foot on a ladder for support, is the primary figure supporting the weight of Jesus.
The painting, exhibited in the 'Cubist room', was submitted with the title Nu descendant un escalier, [19] was listed in the catalogue (no. 241) with the French title. [20] A postcard printed for the occasion showed the painting for the first time with the English translation Nude Descending a Staircase. [21]
Unlike Pontormo's bright coloration and unitary collection of billowing figures, the Fiorentino depiction has two arenas: above is an Escher-like geometric struggle of laborers on ladders, removing the crucified Christ, while below, the women and men are subsumed in grief. Mary, pale and downcast, collapses in the arms of two women.
The materials used for the painting were tempera paint and wood panel. The height of the icon is 70 cm (27.6 in) and the width is 48 cm (18.9 in). Moskos added a sunset to the background of the painting. A castle on a mountain is present in the engraving and the painting.
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Behind him is a cross symbolizing his crucifixion, as well as was typical in a "Man of Sorrows" painting, a group of angels holding some of the other implements of the Arma Christi or "Instruments of the Passion" which were employed by Jesus to defeat Satan, i.e. the ladder used to take him down from the cross, the Spear of Longinus, which was ...
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