1789. Oil on canvas. 425 x 233 cms | 167 ¼ x 91 ½ ins. Musee national du chateau, France
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![Pontormo, Descent From The Cross ☩ Jacopo da Pontormo, original name Jacopo Carrucci (born May 24, 1494, Pontormo, near Empoli, Republic of Florence [Italy]—buried Jan. 2, 1557, Florence) Florentine painter who broke away from High Renaissance classicism to create a more personal, expressive style that is sometimes classified as early Mannerism. Mannerism Art, Andrea Del Sarto, Joseph In Egypt, Dagobert Duck, Ap Art History, Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Bridget Riley, Giorgio Vasari, Fra Angelico](https://i.pinimg.com/474x/a6/cd/b4/a6cdb45d44ea3155905366f13c5445e4.jpg)
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It is significant in understanding the ways in which the scriptures function as a whole that our Lord Jesus Christ not only died, but specifically died by crucifixion. As an instrument of torture and death perfected by the Romans, the cross is an odd choice to be the primary symbol of a religion. Not only does it represent a terrible death for which the word “excruciating” was coined to describe the pain involved, it was also a means of public humiliation. Crucified individuals were…
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