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Elevation of the Cross
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Elevation of the Cross
Style and Materials
Method and Subject
Like, Rubens painting Lion Hunt, he uses foreshortening. For example, he uses nine gigantic men with protruding muscles representing their bodies at angles to the picture plane. Furthermore, he positions them in the air in awkward poses to show the strain they are having in raising the wooden cross that Jesus is nailed to. The whole composition seethes with a power that comes from heroic exertion. The tension is emotional as well as physical (Kleiner, 2014).
According to, our text Peter Paul Rubens painted Elevation of the Cross a triptych between 1610 - 1611 during the baroque period. The stylistic term Baroque, which describes art that features dramatic theatricality and elaborate ornamentation in contrast to be simplicity and orderly rationality of Renaissance art, is most appropriately applied to Italian art of this period (Kleiner, 2014).
The materials used is oil on wood, the center panel is 15' 1 7/8" x 11' 1 1/2", each wing 15' 1 7/8" x 4' 11" and is currently located at Cathedral of Our Lady.
Personal Interpretation
Elevation of the Cross is the obvious rendering of the crucifixion of Jesus. Matthew 38 say "two rebels were crucified along with Jesus". This painting clearly shows one of those rebels being restrained by an armored guard and another laying on the ground. Furthermore, Matthew 45 states that, a darkness came over the land. If you look at the sky you can actually see the darkness moving in. In my own opinion, the faintness and whiteness of Jesus body symbolizes the natural life of Jesus departing from his body. Also making him the focal point. His upward steer cries out "My God, my god why have you forsaken me?"
Kleiner, F. S. (2014). Gardner’s art through the ages: The western perspective (14th ed., Vol. II). Boston, MA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning
Rubens, P. (1610). Elevation of the Cross [Oil on wood; 15' 1 7/8" x 11' 1 1/2", each wing 15' 1 7/8" x 4' 11"] Retrieved from: Web Gallery of Art (http://www.wga.hu/)