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The Risen Christ, Cristo della Minerva in Italian, also known as Christ the Redeemer or Christ Carrying the Cross, is a marble sculpture by the Italy High Renaissance master Michelangelo, finished in 1521. It is in the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Rome, to the left of the main altar.
Learn about the history, process, and meaning of Michelangelo's marble sculpture of Christ, which was commissioned in 1514 and completed in 1521. Discover how the sculpture was altered over time and how Michelangelo used contraposto and detail to create a masterpiece.
Feb 21, 2017 · The Renaissance master abandoned work on the “Risen Christ” after he found an imperfection in the marble. The statue will be on view at the National Gallery from March 15 to June 25.
Title: The Risen Christ. Artist: Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, Caprese 1475–1564 Rome) Date: 1520–30. Medium: Black chalk. Dimensions: sheet: 14 11/16 x 8 11/16 in. (37.3 x 22.1 cm) Classification: Drawings. Credit Line: Lent by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (RCIN 912768)
‘Risen Christ’ is the absolute antithesis of a Crucifix or a Man of Sorrows. Instead of commemorating Christ’s body as broken for us in the Eucharist, he shows us Christ in perfect, healthy human form.
Michelangelo used tiny stippled strokes of chalk to build up the body, which stands out in implied relief from the plane of the paper, emphasised by the flattened, decorative swirl of the shroud. Around 1530, Michelangelo made more than a dozen drawings of the Resurrection or the Risen Christ alone.
A highly finished black chalk drawing of the resurrected Christ, rising from his tomb. The drawing depicts the figure of Christ emerging from the tomb, his limbs spanning the entire composition, the relatively small head allowing attention to focus on the magnificently modelled torso at the centre. Michelangelo used tiny stippled strokes of ...
