The Lamentation of Christ [1] is a very common subject in Christian art from the High Middle Ages to the Baroque. [2] After Jesus was crucified, his body was removed from the cross and his friends mourned over his body. This event has been depicted by many different artists.

2022年8月19日 · The lamentation of Christ is a popular theme throughout art history, depicting the moment of mourning over Christ’s dead body. This article will explore the famous depiction by the Proto-Renaissance artist Giotto di Bondone.

Lamentation (The Mourning of Christ) is a fresco painted c.1305 by the Italian artist Giotto as part of his cycle of the Life of Christ on the interior walls of the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua, Italy. [1] The Scrovegni Chapel was built as a private chapel next to the Eremitani Monastery by the wealthy Scrovegni family and consecrated in 1305.

Though this Giotto fresco depicts the disciples’ deep sorrow over Christ’s death, their aching pain over parting from Jesus, it is not desolate. Its spirit is not so much primarily of sorrow. Rather its surpassing theme is love, the overwhelming love of Jesus, His laying down His life for the disciples, and their love for Him.

The sculptural group of the Compianto sul Cristo morto (‘Lamentation over the Dead Christ’) by Niccolò dell’Arca is located in the main chapel of the Church of Santa Maria della Vita, Bologna. This dramatic depiction of sorrow and death was commissioned by the brotherhood of the Battuti Bianchi around 1463 and consists of a group of life ...

2023年10月19日 · The Lamentation of Christ by Giotto di Bondone portrays what happened following Jesus’ crucifixion, as his body was prepared for burial by the mourning gathering of people. The lamentation painting focuses on Jesus, who is encircled by the grieving masses, as angels fly above.

In the spirit of the Counter-Reformation, the suffering of Christ and the spiritual agony of Mary in this large-scale figured Pietà are presented to viewers so powerfully that they can both understand and feel it as a direct experience.

Lamentation of Christ from Žebrák is a lime wood relief of the common subject of the Lamentation of Christ, from about 1510. It ranks among the finest works of Late Gothic sculpture in Bohemia.

2015年4月5日 · The Pietà (or Lamentation) scenes first emerged as wood carvings during the High Middle Ages in Germany, reflecting a new devotional emphasis on the sufferings of Christ. The theme reached near perfection of form in Michelangelo’s late 15th century marble sculpture in St. Peter’s Basilica, and his Pietà has inspired and challenged artists ...

2023年10月2日 · As seen in the photograph that heads the article, the sculpture captures the moment in which a desperate cry emerges from within the woman, unable to face a disheartening reality. Detail of...