Andalusian School; XVII century. "Christ crucified". Oil on canvas.

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  Andalusian School; XVII century. "Christ crucified". Oil on canvas. Presents cuts in the original canvas. Size: 200 x 140 cm. The crucifixion of Christ is the central theme of the Christian iconography and especially of the catholic one. Christ was inflicted the suffering that corresponded to the fugitive slaves or in rebellion, essentially Roman condemnation but of Persian origin. This episode of the life of Christ is the most strictly proven as historical fact and is also the main argument of the redemption of the Christian doctrine: the blood of God incarnated as man is shed for the redemption of all sins. The representation of the crucifixion has undergone an evolution parallel to the liturgical and theological variations of the Catholic doctrine in which we want to point out three milestones: at the beginning the paleochristian art omitted the representation of the human figure of Christ and the crucifixion was represented by means of the "Agnus Dei", the mystical lamb carrying the cross of martyrdom. Until the eleventh century Christ is represented crucified but alive and triumphant, with his eyes open, according to the Byzantine rite that does not consider the possibility of the existence of the corpse of Christ. Later, under the theological consideration that the death of the Savior is not due to an organic process but to an act of divine will, Christ is represented, as in our work, showing the sufferings of the Passion, provoking commiseration, as referred to in Psalm 22 when he prays: "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? (...) a mob of the wicked is near me: they have pierced my hands and my feet (...) they have divided my garments and cast lots for my tunic". The work in question presents Christ crucified, fastened by three nails to the cross (one in the feet and two others in the arms), crowned by a crown of thorns and covered with a simple cloth of purity, without the voluminous knot typical of the Baroque. The 17th century marked the arrival of the Baroque in the Andalusian school, with the triumph of naturalism over Mannerist idealism, loose workmanship and many other aesthetic liberties. At this time the school reached its greatest splendor, both for the quality of the works and for the primordial rank of Sevillian Baroque painting. Thus, during the transition to Baroque we find Juan del Castillo, Antonio Mohedano and Francisco Herrera el Viejo, in whose works the rapid brushstroke and the crude realism of the style is already manifested, and Juan de Roelas, introducer of Venetian colorism. In the middle of the century the period reached its peak, with figures such as Zurbarán, a young Alonso Cano and Velázquez. Finally, in the last third of the century we find Murillo and Valdés Leal, founders in 1660 of an Academy where many of the painters active during the first quarter of the 18th century were trained, such as Meneses Osorio, Sebastián Gómez, Lucas Valdés and others.
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