The painting has always been presented with ... Image Detail of “The Crucifixion,” with Jesus surrounded by Mary, the apostles and scores of extras. On the far left stands the apostle Saul ...

Jesus was stripped naked ... Like Daprile, Albacete points out that crucifixion art is rich in symbolism. For instance, many artists included the landscape of their own countries in their works.

The painting is held by the Brooklyn Museum. I chose Tissot’s depiction of the crucifixion because its point of view is very unusual. Most crucifixion scenes show us looking at Jesus.

Like much previous Christian art, the emphasis remained on Jesus’ victory over death rather than any desire to depict the reality or violence of his crucifixion. One way to show this was to ...

Jesus’s image is used throughout history in people’s art all over the world. I’m not making fun of sh*t. yall just gotta stop trying to gatekeep a religion that was here before any of us ...

But he would not have carried an entire cross, as medieval art would have it ... The idea that Jesus was buried close to the place of his crucifixion comes from the Bible. The Gospel of John ...

While the Bible gives agonizing details of the crucifixion of Jesus, what do we know about what ... of intimidation that the Romans raised to an art form. One Roman historian wrote of an event ...