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The Christ |
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About this work, maybe the most important, the masterpiece of the whole collection, we wouldn’t like to linger on technical explanations, however similar to the previous ones, but we want to quote a brief anonymous passage, found after the artist’s death: The prominent collarbones in relief attest to a body, whose pain dried any vital lymph. Around the head, his hair and the crown of thorns intertwine and mix up in a sole blend of pain. In his face, disfigured and hurt by the blows of men, the artist caught the instant of the utmost dejection. Not only his body, but even his soul, look defeated and overcome by bitterness. It’s the very expression of death, in the hollow shades round his eyes, lacking in the hope light; and in those drops of clot blood staining his face, sign of the utmost detachment and loneliness. |
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(picture
of Tonino Mosconi) |
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