Friday, March 30, 2018

THAT FRIDAY WE CALL GOOD




O Cross! all hail! sole hope, abide
With us now in this Passion-tide:
To give fresh merit to the saint
And pardon to the penitent.





Grunewald's dark and harrowing portrayal of the Crucifixion shows a horribly wounded, twisted Christ, nailed to the cross.  Christ's flesh bristles with jagged splinters, as well as the developing sepsis and necrosis.

His nail-pierced hands seem to acquire movement through rigor mortis. The emotional intensity and terrible realism sets our teeth on edge and at first glance keeps us spellbound, while we try to look away!



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