ART HIS 22 Lecture 9: Lecture 9 Spain
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Reformation helped circulate the mystery of the church and the importance of visual imagery. Counter-reformation is reassertion of imagery, i was wrong earlier. Ambiguous, taking his body down or lowering his body into the ground. Body of christ stands out because he is illuminated and centered. Christ body is the bread, and the blood is the wine. Its symbolism or whatever, ties into the mystery of the transformation. Christ is naturalistic, they are struggling to lower his body from the ladder. St. john on the front in the red, he is trying his best. Naturalistic setting, there is a foreground and a background. Large jewish and muslim population in the iberian peninsula. They were expelled from there unless they converted to. Spanish monarchy also ruled a bit of italy. Idea of realism through materials: christ as the man of. Kind of looks like flesh and coagulating blood. Glass in eyes to create a living presence.
