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Title
Jesus Carries the Cross on His Back, Second Station of the Via Crucis
Description
Composition in ochre, earthy, red, gray, green, blue, lilac, white, black, orange and yellow. Smooth texture with marked brushstrokes. Figures represented with significant and deliberated deformed expressions. It depicts Jesus carrying the cross, against a light background with abstract-geometric shapes. In the center of the composition, Jesus is walking 3/4 facing left, carrying large cross on his right shoulder. He has long hair, the face expression of pain, left arm along the body, bare feet and wearing a long dark tunic with a waistband. On the right shoulder, a huge cross, whose vertical crossbeam crawls on the ground. On the left, a soldier back facing, slightly turned to the right, face to face with Jesus. He has his left arm raised holding a whip with long straps, his right leg ahead of the left and wears a short tunic. On the right behind Jesus and behind the vertical crossbeam, a soldier facing forward with his knees bent, profile head to left, holding the cross. Flat ground in rose and red tones and clear background with abstract-geometric shapes, a contrast of light and dark tones that accentuates the drama of the scene is noticed.
Location Created
Author
Candido PortinariPerson
Themes
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Artwork Function
Executed toArtworkFunctionType
Artwork Function Description
Work executed to decorate the Pampulha Church of Saint Francis of Assisi in Belo Horizonte, MG. Work designed by architect Oscar Niemeyer.
Art Form
PaintingArtFormType
Art Medium
temperaArtMediumType
Artwork Surface
woodArtworkSurfaceType
Technique
Composition is outlined by a painted white strip.
Collection
Igreja de São Francisco de Assis da Pampulha adquirida do artista sob encomenda feita por Oscar Niemeyer, em 1945Collection
Height
49
Width
49
Dimension Notes
60x60 (S)
Annotation
Unsigned and undated
Annotation Author
Inscription on reverse of support "2”
Annotation Others
On reverse, inscription "80”; handwritten label "caixa 60”.
