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The Image of Christ (Paperback, This Is A Reissue Of A Book Originally Publd In 20)
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The Image of Christ (Paperback, This Is A Reissue Of A Book Originally Publd In 20)
Series: National Gallery London Publications
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The Image of Christ expresses the view that modern secular
audiences can engage with the masterpieces of Christian art at an
emotional as well as a purely aesthetic or historical level. This
book aims to help the viewer understand these pictures by focusing
attention on the purpose for which they were made, and explores
what they might have meant to their original viewers. The authors
trace how a recognizable image of Christ evolved, starting with the
earliest symbols and metaphorical images such as the Sheperd, the
Lamb and the Vine. They trace the emergence of a "true likeness,"
emphasizing the importance of the Veronica, the "miraculous
portrait" said to have been imprinted on the cloth held out to
Jesus on the way to Calvary. They describe how artists conveyed the
paradox of Christ's dual nature-human and divine, weak and
powerful, victim and victor-in portrayals of his infancy. They also
show how images of Christ's suffering during the Passion were
intended to convey a cosmic, not just a personal significance.
Artists have attempted to put extremes of suffering and despair
into an overal context of hope-a vein of hope that runs from the
catacombs to Hiroshima and beyond. These are images that speak,
even to those who do not hold Christian beliefs. Artists had to
make it clear that in representing the life and death of Jesus they
were offering a continuing truth; we the spectators have to become
eyewitnesses to an event that matters to us now. As a result, the
different moments and aspects of Christ's life become, in the hands
of great artists, a reflection of all human experience. The Virgin
nursing her son expresses the feelings of love every mother has for
her child. Christ mocked in innocence beset by violence. Christ
risen and appearing to Mary Magdalene is a universal reaffirmation
that love cannot be destroyed by death. Beyond their obvious
religious significance, these are paintings that have a universal
meaning.
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