“CHRIST OF SAINT JOHN OF THE CROSS”
“Christ of Saint John of the Cross” is a painting that was created by Salvadore Dali in the year of 1951. “This painting clearly represents the crucifixion of Jesus, with him on the cross in a dark sky, above water that has a fisherman and his boat present. Jesus’ head is fallen, usually this is a sign of powerlessness, through Jesus being above everyone it shows that although he is not alive he is still superior and shows a large amount of power through the spirit of God. This painting of Jesus’ crucifixion marginally differs from any other version, there is no blood showing his wounds and no nails, Jesus hangs peacefully above the world. The purpose of Dali leaving these important elements of the crucifixion
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Jesus creates a triangle shape from hand to hand down to his feet, a triangle represents trinity, the three superior persons; Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The triangle is pointing towards earth showing that God had sent him to Earth as a gift to mankind. Through the bird's eye view it symbolises the way in which God would have viewed Jesus’ crucifixion. Dali shows two different angles in this painting, as viewers of this painting we are able to recognise the power of God, there is a large void between the body of water below and God, yet God rules above us.These two perspectives are able to illustrate the difference in power and significant impact Jesus was able to have on earth. The main subject in this picture is Jesus on the Cross, whilst the body of water is at eye level, this therefore engages …show more content…
The painting depicts the scene prior to Jesus’ crucifixion, there are four men present, three of the men are surrounding Jesus, who is the centre of the piece. Two of them men, dressed in rags, are forcing the crown of thorns on to Jesus’ head, one of the men is sitting in front of Jesus observing the damage occurring. The man watching appears to have authority and control over the event unfolding. Throughout this painting there is a clear theme of darkness and torment, the man controlling the situation is in total darkness, symbolising the sinner act that he is committing. Jesus, central in the painting, has a glowing ora bouncing off his skin, the light in this painting is a reminder that God is the light within us all and although Jesus endures torture and suffering the outcome will prevail peace. Spirituality is a key element within this painting, Jesus must withstand anguish to be the saviour. According to the Gospel of John 19:2, “the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on His head, and put a purple robe on Him”, this passage from the bible is a representation of the ritual dimension, whilst the symbol of the crown of thorns illustrates the material dimension. Additionally, the torture and suffering that is displayed in this artwork helps society to develop an understanding of not only the physical torture but the adversity Jesus encountered. In today's
Imagine seeing the crucifiction of Christ. Seeing that happen would change everyone’s view of the world. Christ’s crucifiction affected many people, including His mother, Mary. Juan de Juanes, the artist, painted this scene realistically. This painting was made with oil paints on panel with long flowing strokes, which seemed to make it come to life. Juan de Juanes depicts many aspects in this painting such as historical significance, colors, and subject matter.
In Artwork 1, Mary is placed in the centre of the image between Christ who is on the left and God who is on the right. The Holy Spirit is between the two which forms the Holy Trinity. The composition can be viewed as forming an inverted triangle or heart shape. Mary is the focal figure with an attitude of modesty, reverence and tranquil emotion with her right hand placed upon her heart in which reinforces this. God is expressed as a picture of wisdom as He is crowning the head of Mary with a garland of roses, along side Jesus. The Holy Spirit is present in the image above Mary and is portrayed in the traditional form of a white dove. Cherubs, angelic beings, are visible at the base of the painting which can be interpreted as guards. The use of blue in their garments symbolising heavenly grace in
Peter Paul Rubens was a painter in the Baroque genre. The main theme of his painting “Descent from the Cross” is the death of Jesus Christ, who is depicted as a real person. All the people are extremely realistic; thus, it helps to create an emotional response from the viewers. The way Jesus's head is tilted clearly means that he is dead; however, the painting does not create negative feelings. Nevertheless, it is a death of one of the main figures in Christianity; therefore, its emotions are intense. Crucifixion is both historical and mythical event for Jesus was a real person and his life was surrounded by legend and myths. Respectively, “Descent from the Cross” shares this element with other Baroque paintings. Moreover, the light on the
Aside from linear perspective, Calabrese incorporates other geometrical forms throughout the composition. One is the circle at the foreground of the painting, which Calabrese offers the audience to complete. More outstanding is the triangle that occupies the majority of the space. John’s body, parallel to his staff, begs the viewer to trace the triangle from his eyes, across the woman and the lamb in the foreground, up the staff, and through to his hand. This triangle is significant in its symbolism of the Holy Trinity: God the Father, God the Holy Spirit, and God the Son. The message here is clear; through Jesus, the lamb, one will be saved. It is also interesting that Calabrese places John between the lamb and his hand. It coincides with the paintings’ function as an altar piece in that John serves as an intercessor to the Divine. Through him, one has access to Jesus, and therefore God. The geometrical lines and shapes add to the painting’s dynamism and contribute to the optimistic promise the painting conveys.
For the Week 6 Discussion you will create a Gantt chart for one element of the St. Dismas case study project. Using a project management tool like MS Project is typically the easiest and fastest way to do this. However, it is not the only way. You can use MS Office products as well to create the Gantt Chart.
The present work is focused on undertaking an in-depth analysis of two famous religious paintings: The Virgin and Child by Barnaba da Modena, an Italian painter from the fourteenth century, and The Elevation of the Cross by Peter Paul Rubens, a seventeenth century Flemish artist and diplomat. Following, by comparison, a thorough account of the two works' features, careful observation reveals more than one interpretation.
This major innovation that Georges adds to his Caravaggio inspired paintings would be showing the light source of the painting to the viewer, and putting the light source directly in the center of the piece. In his painting, Mary Magdalen with the Smoking Flame, Georges’ goal was to create a calm, reflective state of a follower of Christ. This painting shows Mary Magdalen, a repentive prostitute, putting aside her jewels and rich clothing to meditate on mortality while looking into a flickering flame. Georges creates subtle hints of religious meaning through items throughout the painting. The skull sitting in her lap refers to morality and the vanity of human life, the books of scripture refer to her following of Christ, and the scourge refers to the pain and suffering that Mary may have been experiencing in the past or during her
The piece of art is a statue that portrays Jesus’ body laying on his mother Mary’s laps at the time after the crucifixion having been removed from the cross (Lewis & Lewis, 2008) which is evidenced by the marks of small nails and the indication of the wound located in Jesus’ side. It revolves around the major theme of Northern origin which during that time was present in France but not in Italy. According to (St. Peters Basilica, 2009) Michelangelo offered a unique interpretation of the pieta to the models since it is a significant piece of work that balances the ideals of a new beginning incorporated in typical beauty and a touch of naturalism which is illustrated by the relationship exhibited by the figures. This is made possible by his skill to prove to both the viewers and himself of the supernatural beauty.
This painting depicts the scene from the Bible known as the last supper, where Jesus and his twelve disciples ate their last meal together before Jesus died. Dali is not the only artist to paint this famous scene, Leonardo Da Vinci, along with many other artists, created their own version as well. The difference is that Dali used his surrealism background to create this scene in a completely unique way. Instead of painting the twelve disciples of Jesus as individuals, Dali painted them symmetrically so that each man had another mirroring the same pose across the table. This element, along with placing the setting of the last supper in a dodecagon and showing the beautiful background, creates a calm and peaceful environment for the disciples to pray. Dali also created two focal points in this painting, while most artists tend to only choose one. The floating torso is obviously the surrealist element of this painting, but also completes the message that Dali is communicating. Though the three elements, symmetry, setting and focal points, Dali created a completely unique rendition of the last
Vittore Carpaccio’s symmetrical input truly served it’s purpose. Focusing on the center third of the painting, there’s a mere perfect symmetrical contrast of life and death top to bottom. Most impacting is the symmetrical division of the malnourished and tortured body of Jesus Christ, The left side of his body is in a lively sitting posture on the throne. While his right side is the embodiment of death, his punctured ribs and dangling arm. From the ground up, Carpaccio illustrates the contrast of life and death with minimal details in the painting. The supporting stones of the throne, directly below the arm rests, are divided by breakage, the left stone is cracked and falling apart, while the opposing stone appears to be intact. Vittore Carpaccio managed to capture the cycle of life with many elements one wouldn’t think of comparing life and death with. The top left portion of the throne is a half broken, followed by Jesus’s deadly posture to the falling apart ground stone of the throne, Death is captured in a very recognizable minimalistic form.
It is a scene which is shown after Jesus was crucified, where his body has been removed from the cross and his friends and family mourn over his body. Many artists have focused this scene by just painting four people: the body of Christ, His mother, Saint Mary Magdalene and Joseph of Arimathea.
Macbeth was a true tragic hero. He had many noble qualities as well as several tragic flaws. He was a courageous, brave and good nobleman who was haunted by superstition, moral cowardice and an overwhelming ambition.(Boyce) Macbeth’s ambition to be king starts off as just a desire and progressively as the play goes on it becomes his tragic flaws. Lady Macbeth convinces her husband to murder king Duncan by putting his manhood and courage at stake. Macbeth is represented as a tolerably good man up to the time when evil opportunity and a bad wife conspired to transform him into a villain. (Clayden) Since Macbeth was known as a genuinely good man, this desire he had to become king led him to take these huge risks in ruining his reputation.
It was originally thought that the symptoms of children and adolescent depression are different than those experienced by adults. (Paradigm Malibu, 2017) Clinicians and researchers believed this until about the 1970’s. And who can blame them. The adolescent brain is still developing, and for this reason, it is easy to imagine that teens would experience depression differently.
Leonardo’s scientific studies resulted in the paintings of rocks, plants, light and atmosphere. We can see hills, fields and the sky in the tree windows behind Christ. This is in a classical style, shown by the coffered ceiling which was introduced by ancient Greek and Romans and re-introduced again by Alberti. The orthogonals run from the coffered ceiling, the table and windows and from the disciples and their gestures which all then centres on Christ. The use of foreshortening in this painting is to emphasize the drama of the scene and to keep the figures in harmonious groups. As we can see on the third figure on the right, St Philip tries to deny that he would be the betrayer and to show this, his arm is foreshortened. While St Matthew, the fourth figure on the right, has his arms outflung which was made by foreshortening. This gesture was to help portray his horror, as well as his mouth opened talking to the 3 men to the left of him. There are other gestures that helped depict the idea of betrayal, as we can see on the left side of the painting where St Peter whispers to St. John’s ear while pushing Judas forward. All these gestures lead the viewers’ attention to the centre, where Christ is positioned. Behind Jesus, we can see the window where the natural light comes in which frames Christ’s head, like a halo. Christ’s position in the centre allowed him to be in front of the three windows, which symbolizes the Trinity. As well as that, we can see that he
“Recent polls suggest that between 46% and 58% of the American population believe marijuana should be legally regulated, while support for allowing the medical use of marijuana is about 80%” (“10 Facts About Marijuana”). As of 2014, twenty-three states and Washington, D.C. have passed laws allowing smoked marijuana to be used for a variety of medical conditions (4). However, these state marijuana laws do not alter the fact that using marijuana continues to be an offense under Federal Law. The use of cannabis for medical purposes may have been introduced up to 10,000 years ago. Accordingly, it was most certainly developed in China in 2900 BC, being referred to as a popular medicine by Fu Hsi, the Chinese emperor at the time (9). Marijuana was recommended for malaria, constipation, rheumatic pains, “absentmindedness,” and “female disorders.” Marijuana should be legal because of its many benefits: medical use, tax revenue boost, and industrial and commercial use.