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The crucifixion of Jesus was the violent death of Jesus by nailing him to a wooden cross. It happened in 1st-century Judaea, most likely in AD 30 or AD 33.It is described in the four canonical gospels, referred to in the New Testament epistles, later attested to by other ancient sources, and is broadly accepted as one of the events to have most likely occurred during his life. [1]
Christ has both arms drawn a subtle curve, instead of forming a triangle. The loincloth is painted rather small, thus showing the nude body as much as possible. [1] The head shows a narrow halo, as if it came from the figure itself; the face is resting on the chest, showing just enough of his features. [1]
Christ Crucified (Spanish: Cristo crucificado) is a 1780 oil-on-canvas painting of the crucifixion of Jesus by Spanish Romantic painter Francisco de Goya. He presented it to the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando as his reception piece as an academic painter. It now forms part of the permanent collection of the Prado Museum in Madrid.
The crucifixion of Jesus has been depicted in a wide range of religious art since the 4th century CE, frequently including the appearance of mournful onlookers such as the Virgin Mary, Pontius Pilate, and angels, as well as antisemitic depictions portraying Jews as responsible for Christ's death. In more modern times, crucifixion has appeared ...
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Jesus [e] (c. 6 to 4 BC – AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ, [f] Jesus of Nazareth, and many other names and titles, was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious leader. [10] He is the central figure of Christianity , the world's largest religion .
Crucifixion is a method of capital punishment in which the condemned is tied or nailed to a large wooden cross, beam or stake and left to hang until eventual death. [1][2] It was used as a punishment by the Persians, Carthaginians, and Romans, [1] among others. Crucifixion has been used in some countries as recently as the 21st century.
In his 1761 book, The Passion and Death of Jesus Christ, Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, founder of the Redemptorist Fathers, listed among various pious exercises the Little Chaplet of the Five Wounds of Jesus Crucified. [7] [8] [9] Liguori wrote the devotional as a meditation on the five piercing wounds that Christ suffered during his crucifixion ...