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If a picture is worth a thousand words, here are a few thousand words for this Good Friday.

Christ on the Cross, Michelangelo

     Paschal Cycle-Alexy Pismenny

Crucifixion-Boris Vallejo

                             Crucifixion-Emil Nolde

Christ of St. John of the Cross

Salvador Dali            Cruxifixion Corpus Hypercubus

 

 

 

 



 

                   Christ Crucified-Diego Velazquez

 

The Iseneheim Altarpiece-Matthas Grunewald

This last image is particularly moving to me.  As you can see, Christ in this image has sores on his skin resembling severe skin diseases.  The piece was originally painted for a monastary where the monks were known for treating plague and skin diseases.  The image of Christ on the cross in great pain also suffering from similar infirmities to the patients was a reminder of the words of Isaiah "He took up our infirmities and bore our diseases.”