a visit with jesus

 Bible Art

Pieta
Artist: Titian
 1576    Painting

 See Details

 Read Story

This painting has the scale of an altarpiece, yet turned towards the night, a sombre pendant to his golden Assumption. Titian was a believer, and this painting is full of hints of resurrection - but the sense of dread makes it almost unbearable as Titian says farewell to light. 

Pieta
Artist: Giovanni Bellini
 1460    Painting

 See Details

 Read Story

Pieta depicts the dead body of Christ being held up by Mary and Joseph. His wounds from the sword and his crucifixion are still fresh. The three figures are positioned in the central foreground with an obscured (by the three figures) rural landscape unwinding behind them. 

This painting is Tempera on Panel  and is housed in the  Pinacoteca Brera, in Milan, Italy.