Entombment of Christ


Entombment of Christ. Jacopo da Pontormo. 1525–1528 C.E. Oil on wood.
  • PONTORMO’S ENTRANCE; DEPOSITION; EARLY MANNERIST STYLE; CHAPEL IS A SMALL, CUBIC SPACE; EARLY RENAISSANCE STYLE; ENUNCIATION SHOWN
  • SHOWS THE BEGINNING AND END OF CHRIST’S EXISTENCE; ANNOUNCING PREGNANCY TO CHRIST BEING LOWERED FROM CROSS (ANNUNCIATION AND DEPOSITION)
  • CROSS IS GONE; TOMB NOT APPARENT; NOTHING BUT FIGURES; PONTORMO HAS GIVEN US NOTHING TO HELP US UNDERSTAND THE SUBJECT; DRASTIC DIFFERENCE  IN THE STYLE OF THE HIGH RENAISSANCE; REJECTION OF EARTHLINESS OF MOST DEPOSITION SCENES; HIGH STYLIZED FIGURES/ELONGATED BODIES, UNNATURAL POSITIONS; PYRAMID COMPOSITION
  • NO FOCAL POINT; CAN’T TELL WHO THE MOST IMPORTANT FIGURE IS; UNREALISTIC DISTRIBUTION OF WEIGHT - HOW CAN THEY LIFT CHRIST?
  • PERIOD OF ADVANCEMENT, REVOLUTION, SPIRITUALITY


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