Deposition from the Cross by Benedetto Antelami

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Christian religious artwork Romanesque artwork relief sculpture

Deposition from the Cross by Benedetto Antelami is a renowned late 12th-century Romanesque marble relief depicting Christ’s descent from the cross, celebrated for its expressive figures and innovative spatial composition.

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Label	Occurrences
Deposition from the Cross (Parma Cathedral)	1
Deposition from the Cross by Benedetto Antelami canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian religious artwork ⓘ Romanesque artwork ⓘ relief sculpture ⓘ
artForm	stone relief ⓘ
artisticPeriod	late Romanesque ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Italy ⓘ
creator	Benedetto Antelami ⓘ
currentLocation	Parma Cathedral Museum ⓘ
dateOfCreation	late 12th century ⓘ
depicts	Descent from the Cross of Jesus ⓘ surface form: Descent from the Cross of Christ Jesus Christ ⓘ Joseph of Arimathea ⓘ Nicodemus ⓘ Apostle John ⓘ surface form: Saint John the Evangelist Virgin Mary ⓘ personification of the Church ⓘ personification of the Synagogue ⓘ two mourning women ⓘ
genre	religious art ⓘ
hasPart	central figure of Christ on the cross ⓘ figures removing Christ from the cross ⓘ group of mourners ⓘ inscription band ⓘ
iconographicCycle	scenes from the life of Christ ⓘ
iconographicTheme	Passion of Christ ⓘ
inception	circa 1178 ⓘ
influencedBy	French Romanesque sculpture ⓘ Provençal sculpture ⓘ
inscriptionLanguage	Latin ⓘ
locatedIn	Parma Cathedral ⓘ surface form: Parma Cathedral complex
materialUsed	marble ⓘ
movement	Romanesque ⓘ
notableFor	combination of narrative and symbolic elements ⓘ expressive figures ⓘ innovative spatial composition ⓘ
originalLocation	Parma Cathedral ⓘ surface form: Cathedral of Parma
placeOfCreation	Parma ⓘ
region	Emilia-Romagna ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
significance	early example of increased naturalism in medieval sculpture ⓘ key monument of Italian Romanesque sculpture ⓘ
styleCharacteristic	hieratic composition ⓘ rhythmic drapery folds ⓘ strong linear contours ⓘ
title	Deposition from the Cross ⓘ
usesTechnique	architectural framing ⓘ high relief carving ⓘ

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Parma Cathedral → hasArtwork → Deposition from the Cross by Benedetto Antelami ⓘ

Benedetto Antelami → notableWork → Deposition from the Cross by Benedetto Antelami ⓘ

this entity surface form: Deposition from the Cross (Parma Cathedral)