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Crucifixion sketch by St. John of the Cross, c. 1550, which inspired Dalí 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. [1]
The Three Crosses is a 1653 print in etching and drypoint by the Dutch artist Rembrandt van Rijn, which depicts the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Most of his prints are mainly in etching and this one is a drypoint with burin adjustments from the third state onwards. [1] It is considered "one of the most dynamic prints ever made". [2]
Crucifixions and crucifixes have appeared in the arts and popular culture from before the era of the pagan Roman Empire.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 ...
Man drawing from a cast: About 1641 B359: 1: Sick woman with a large white headdress [Saskia] About 1641-42 B369: 1: Sheet of studies, with a woman lying ill in bed, etc. About 1641-42 B072: 2: The raising of Lazarus: the small plate: 1642 B082: 1: The descent from the cross: a sketch: 1642 B105: 2: St. Jerome in a dark chamber: 1642 B188: 4 ...
The use of a hypercube for the cross has been interpreted as a geometric symbol for the transcendental nature of God. Just as the concept of God exists in a space that is incomprehensible to humans, the hypercube exists in four spatial dimensions, which is equally inaccessible to the mind.
Stone rubbing trace of the drawing. The image depicts a human-like figure affixed to a cross and possessing the head of a donkey or mule.In the top right of the image is what has been interpreted as either the Greek letter upsilon or a tau cross. [1]
As the Stations of the Cross are prayed during the season of Lent in Catholic churches, each station is traditionally followed by a verse of the Stabat Mater, composed in the 13th century by Franciscan Jacopone da Todi. James Matthew Wilson's poetic sequence, The Stations of the Cross, is written in the same meter as da Todi's poem. [37]