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Titian (2) 티치아노

바이블엔명화 2020. 8. 13. 17:57

Titian 1487/90 – 1576

The Entombment

oil on canvas (148 × 212 cm) — c. 1520

Musée du Louvre, Paris

Titian biography

This work is linked to Mark 15:46

 

Art and the Bible - Mark 15 - New Testament

Mark 15 1 And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate. 2 And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? An

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Pontius Pilatus had given permission to Joseph of Arimathea to take down and bury Christ's body. Joseph is the man to the left. To the right is Nicodemus. John the Evangelist holds Christ's right hand. The grieving Mary is comforted by Mary Magdalene.

 

The postures of the figures create an oval which makes this a cohesive composition. The twilight glow is appropriate for the dramatic tension of the episode.

 

Titian probably made this canvas for the family of the Duke of Mantua.