Lamentation of Christ
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Lamentation of Christ is a traditional Christian artistic theme depicting the mourners grieving over the dead body of Jesus after his crucifixion.
Aliases (4)
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian artistic theme
→
iconographic motif → religious art subject → |
| artForm |
altarpiece
→
fresco → illuminated manuscript miniature → painting → relief sculpture → sculpture → |
| depictsEvent |
events following the Crucifixion of Jesus
→
mourning over the dead body of Jesus → |
| hasMainSubject |
Jesus Christ
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|
| iconographicContext |
Passion of Christ
→
|
| liturgicalContext |
Holy Week devotion
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|
| notableExampleBy |
Andrea Mantegna
→
Giotto di Bondone → Pietro Perugino → Rogier van der Weyden → Sandro Botticelli → |
| oftenSetOutdoors |
yes
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|
| popularIn |
Baroque art
→
Renaissance art → medieval Christian art → |
| relatedMotif |
Deposition from the Cross
→
Entombment of Christ → Man of Sorrows → Pietà → |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
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|
| scripturalSource |
Gospel accounts of the burial of Jesus
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|
| theologicalTheme |
compassion of Mary
→
humanity of Christ → redemptive suffering → sorrow over Christ's death → |
| timeOfOrigin |
Middle Ages
→
|
| typicalCompositionElement |
Golgotha setting
→
body of Christ laid out horizontally → cross visible in background → expressions of grief and mourning → figures bending over Christ's body → |
| typicalFigure |
John the Apostle
→
Joseph of Arimathea → Mary Magdalene → Nicodemus → Virgin Mary → angels → holy women → |
| usedFor |
devotional contemplation
→
didactic illustration of the Passion → |
Referenced by (6)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Michelangelo's Pietà
("Pietà")
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depictionType |
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Burial of Jesus
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|
iconographicTheme |
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Anthony van Dyck
("The Lamentation over the Dead Christ")
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|
notableWork |
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Lamentation of Christ
("Deposition from the Cross")
→
|
relatedMotif |
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Michelangelo's Pietà
→
|
subject |
|
Joyous Saturday
("Christ’s rest after the Passion")
→
|
theologicalTheme |