Codie Muth
Type-Scene
The Roman Renaissance was a time of creative and incredible skill, in which it was common to see certain religious scenes like the Deposition, the Pieta, and the Lamentation over Christ. While analyzing these paintings from 1400 to 1600 it is obvious that many of these paintings have certain imagery that repeats itself and the different time periods also have distinct styles to them. With each time period the paintings composition, style, imagery, and meaning all affect the viewers emotions that the painting invokes and that was ultimately the artists goal, to not only tell the story of Christ but to make viewers really feel the story of Christ.
Over 200 years it is amazing that three images could remain so unchanged and …show more content…
Mary is wearing black with a red under dress she is on the left side. Mary is looking slightly down towards Christ face drawing the viewer’s eye towards Jesus. Christ is wearing the crown of thorns and is slumped towards Mary. Only three of the five holy wounds are visible because the image is only from the waist up. The back ground is made up of the cross with the spikes still in it and behind the cross is the lance and the mallet both used to inflict wounds on Jesus. This image lacks perspective however the sorrow can be seen on the face of Mary. The light source is not realistic because it seems to come from within Mary and Jesus and apart from the colors in Mary’s dress the whole image seems to have lighter more golden colors. This image although it is not hyper realistic it does reflect a lot of emotion and contains all of the important imagery needed to remind the viewer of the events that have just taken place and to influence the viewer to feel the sorrow the figures within the image …show more content…
Things such as the recurrence of Mary Magdalene at the feet of Christ or St. John the Evangelist commonly holding Christ’s back these are both important to the story and the meaning of the images. St. John the Evangelist is believed to have written the Gospels and depicting him as holding Christ’s back could signify this idea of having Christ’s back that he will spread the word of God and support Jesus even after his death. Mary Magdalene had a very special relationship with Christ and she was a devoted follower so, by depicting her as kneeling at his feet is just another way of symbolizing her devoutness at following Christ even following his death. Although the meanings are not certain these beautiful works of art have certain strong meanings in which every viewer will receive differently. Their composition, style, imagery, and meaning will be the pillars that keep these images around to share the power and glory of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ for the millions of viewers then, now and in the future to see and witness not only the beauty but the sorrow of this event that had to take place for the forgiveness of each and every
Type-Scene
The Roman Renaissance was a time of creative and incredible skill, in which it was common to see certain religious scenes like the Deposition, the Pieta, and the Lamentation over Christ. While analyzing these paintings from 1400 to 1600 it is obvious that many of these paintings have certain imagery that repeats itself and the different time periods also have distinct styles to them. With each time period the paintings composition, style, imagery, and meaning all affect the viewers emotions that the painting invokes and that was ultimately the artists goal, to not only tell the story of Christ but to make viewers really feel the story of Christ.
Over 200 years it is amazing that three images could remain so unchanged and …show more content…
Mary is wearing black with a red under dress she is on the left side. Mary is looking slightly down towards Christ face drawing the viewer’s eye towards Jesus. Christ is wearing the crown of thorns and is slumped towards Mary. Only three of the five holy wounds are visible because the image is only from the waist up. The back ground is made up of the cross with the spikes still in it and behind the cross is the lance and the mallet both used to inflict wounds on Jesus. This image lacks perspective however the sorrow can be seen on the face of Mary. The light source is not realistic because it seems to come from within Mary and Jesus and apart from the colors in Mary’s dress the whole image seems to have lighter more golden colors. This image although it is not hyper realistic it does reflect a lot of emotion and contains all of the important imagery needed to remind the viewer of the events that have just taken place and to influence the viewer to feel the sorrow the figures within the image …show more content…
Things such as the recurrence of Mary Magdalene at the feet of Christ or St. John the Evangelist commonly holding Christ’s back these are both important to the story and the meaning of the images. St. John the Evangelist is believed to have written the Gospels and depicting him as holding Christ’s back could signify this idea of having Christ’s back that he will spread the word of God and support Jesus even after his death. Mary Magdalene had a very special relationship with Christ and she was a devoted follower so, by depicting her as kneeling at his feet is just another way of symbolizing her devoutness at following Christ even following his death. Although the meanings are not certain these beautiful works of art have certain strong meanings in which every viewer will receive differently. Their composition, style, imagery, and meaning will be the pillars that keep these images around to share the power and glory of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ for the millions of viewers then, now and in the future to see and witness not only the beauty but the sorrow of this event that had to take place for the forgiveness of each and every