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The Dead Christ with Angels is an 1864 oil painting by French painter Édouard Manet.[1][2] It is now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.[3] Manet also made etchings of the same subject, which are held by museums such as the Art Institute of Chicago and the Cleveland Museum of Art.[4][5]
Background
Manet seldom chose to paint images with religious meaning. This painting was not a contemporary subject, but Manet wanted to display a religious theme in the 1864 Salon partially because of the negative feedback he had received for more shocking works.[6]
Content
The painting depicts the biblical story (John 20:12) of Mary Magdalene entering the tomb of Jesus and seeing two angels but finding Jesus' body missing.[1][7] Notably, Manet depicts the two angels with the body of the dead Jesus still visible.[8] The painting depicts Jesus' spear wound on the wrong side of his body, which Manet realized only after he had submitted the painting to the Salon.[3]
Critical Reaction
The critics and many of Manet's supporters were confused by the new artistic direction this painting displays. Components of the Dead Christ with Angels are characteristic of Manet's earlier works: the brightly colored angels contrast the neutral canvas background, the placement difference amongst a moving and stationary angel, and the use of cloth both as a garment and an imagined entity.[6] The technique used to paint Jesus, most notably the blurring seen in his hand and feet, also denotes movement in the scene.[6]
References
- ^ a b "MoMA.org | Interactives | Exhibitions | 2006 | Manet and the Execution of Maximilian | The Dead Christ". www.moma.org. Retrieved 2019-08-28.
- ^ Beeny, Emily A. (2013). "Christ and the Angels: Manet, the Morgue, and the Death of History Painting?". Representations. 122 (1): 51–82. doi:10.1525/rep.2013.122.1.51. ISSN 0734-6018. JSTOR 10.1525/rep.2013.122.1.51.
- ^ a b "The Dead Christ with Angels". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2019-08-28.
- ^ "Dead Christ with Angels". The Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved 2019-08-28.
- ^ Anonymous (2018-10-31). "The Dead Christ with Angels". Cleveland Museum of Art. Retrieved 2019-08-28.
- ^ a b c Hunisak, John (2015-09-01), "Manet's Dead Christ with Angels", Engaging the Passion, 1517 Media, pp. 267–276, retrieved 2022-11-21
- ^ Sheppard, Jennifer M. (1981-01-01). "The Inscription in Manet's "The Dead Christ, with Angels"". Metropolitan Museum Journal. 16: 199–200. doi:10.2307/1512778. ISSN 0077-8958. JSTOR 1512778.
- ^ Gurewich, Vladimir (1957). "Observations on the Iconography of the Wound in Christ's Side, with Special Reference to Its Position". Journal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes. 20 (3/4): 358–362. doi:10.2307/750787. ISSN 0075-4390. JSTOR 750787.
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