#descent from the cross

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Rogier van der Weyden (Flemish, 1399 - 1464) Descent from the Cross (Ca-1435) Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain

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"Each time you feel the beginning of weakness, relax and then think seriously: “I wish the result of my weakness to become my own strength.” This will accumulate in you for your future work. Each man knows which weakness he has in him. Each time this weakness appears in you, stop yourself and do this exercise." ~ Gurdjieff (Meetings 1941-46)

[Thank you Ian Sanders]

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[my-sacred-art]

Nicole Kidman (Australian, born 1967).

The Descent from the Cross, between 1630 and 1669. Gaspar de Crayer (Flemish, 1584-1669).

[tragediambulante]

The descent from the cross, Jacopo Tintoretto, 1586-90

[granstromjulius]

Peter Paul Rubens

[artschoolglasses]

The Belles Heures of Jean de France, duc de Berry, Folio 80r, Descent from the Cross, The Limbourg Brothers, 1405-08/09

From the Met Museum

[transistoradio]

Rogier van der Weyden (1399/1400-1464), “Descent from the Cross”/“Deposition of Christ” (c. 1435), oil on oak wood, 262 x 220 cm.

[contremineur]

detail from Rogier van der Weyden, The descent from the Cross (c. 1435)

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[geritsel]

Rembrandt van Rijn - Etchings that fit well with Easter, in random order.

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𝔇𝔢𝔱𝔞𝔦𝔩 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔰

ℜ𝔬𝔤𝔦𝔢𝔯 𝔳𝔞𝔫 𝔡𝔢𝔯 𝔚𝔢𝔶𝔡𝔢𝔫

[stigmatam4rtyr]

Descent from the Cross (early 1650s, oil on canvas) | Luca Giordano

[mysterious-secret-garden]

Carl Bloch - Descent from the Cross, 1886.

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Rogier van der Weyden (Flemish, 1399 - 1464) Descent from the Cross, ca. 1435, detail Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain

[Art Infinitus]

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“The living can’t quit living because the world has turned terrible and people they love and need are killed. They can’t because they don’t. The light that shines into darkness and never goes out calls them on into life. It calls them back again into the great room. It calls them into their bodies and into the world, into whatever the world will require. It calls them into work and pleasure, goodness and beauty, and the company of other loved ones.” ~ Wendell Berry (from Hannah Coulter)

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[my-sacred-art]

Elsie Hewitt (American, born March 5, 1996)

Descent from the Cross, panel from the former altarpiece of the chancel of Viseu Cathedral, circa 1501-1505. Vasco Fernandes, also called Grão Vasco (Portugese, 1475-1542).

[pmamtraveller]

DESCENT FROM THE CROSS (c. 1450) by ROGIER VAN DER WEYDEN

The painting shows the crucified Christ being carried from the cross by Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus. Several other figures can be seen in the shallow composition,including MARY CLEOPHAS, JOHN THE EVANGELIST, MARY SALOME, THE VIRGIN MARY, and MARY MAGDALENE.

All of the elements in this painting are meant to evoke a strong, immediate, and visceral response from the viewer. From the facial expressions and emotions of each of the characters to the similarities between MARY’s body as she faints and her son’s lifeless body.

These details reflect the idea of the “IMITATION OF CHRIST” that was at the heart of the Modern Devotion of the time that urged followers to feel and empathize directly with CHRIST’s suffering. Even the compressed space and the spatial and conceptual ambiguity in the image adds to the immediacy and the presence of these figures.

This work was created in the same period that VAN DER WEYDEN was completing his apprenticeship with ROBERT CAMPIN, whose influence can be felt, for instance, in the hard surfaces, precise details, and taut linearity of the figures.

THE DESCENT FROM THE CROSS also had an immediate impact on other artists, many of whom in subsequent years emulated or directly copied the composition or its figures.

[granstromjulius]

Filippino Lippi

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Rogier van der Weyden - The Descent from the Cross. 1427 - 1435