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The Body of the Dead Christ in the Tomb is an oil and tempera on limewood painting created by the German artist and printmaker Hans Holbein the Younger between 1520 and 1522. It shows a life-size, grotesque depiction of the stretched and unnaturally thin body of Jesus Christ lying in his tomb.
Jul 17, 2019 · Why would Dostoevsky, a devout believer, discuss at such length a painting that provokes doubts about the divinity of Christ in his book? You could argue that the challenge he felt in Holbein’s Dead Christ echoes the effect he intended The Idiot to have on its readers.
Progression of Art. 1521. The Body of the Dead Christ in the Tomb. In this panel, Holbein has created a life-size image of Christ, lying in his tomb. The greenish hue to the skin, in particular around the wounds on the hand, feet and torso, as well as on his face suggest the putrefaction of flesh and results in an almost grotesque image.
- German
- Augsburg, Germany
Feb 19, 2024 · "The Body of the Dead Christ in the Tomb" by Hans Holbein the Younger is a renowned painting from the 16th century that holds significant meaning and importance in the realm of religious art. The painting depicts the body of Christ, lifeless and bruised, laying in a tomb.
Jun 26, 2019 · Jonathan Jong. essay. Fr Jonathan writes on Hans Holbein the Younger’s painting of the Dead Christ, and how it has been received through Dostoevsky’s novel, The Idiot. Hans Holbein the Younger’s The Body of the Dead Christ in the Tomb (1521—1522)depicts, in unforgiving realism, the mutilated corpse of a crucified man, claustrophobically ...
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Summary. Hans Holbein the Younger's Dead Christ (Fig. 1), made in Basel circa 1521–22, is the only religious painting that bears his signature. By inserting his initials and the date of 1521 in Roman numerals (“M.D. XXI/ H.H.”) (Fig. 2), Holbein indicates that he is well-versed in Renaissance artistic conventions and their references to ...
Oct 7, 2021 · The Dead Christ and its effect. HAUPTBAU / 10.07.2021–30.01.2022 / Curator: Bodo Brinkmann. 500 years ago, Hans Holbein the Younger created the Dead Christ in the Tomb, which is now one of the icons in the Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel. 300 years later, in 1821, the Russian writer Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky was born.
