Monday, March 24, 2008

Six Images In Search Of An Exhibition VI

In And Out Of The Secular Sepulcher...Again




Duccio di Buoninsegna (c. 1255-1260 – c. 1318-1319) - The Kiss of Judas, 1308-11




Andrea Mantegna (c. 1431 – 1506) - Calvary, 1457-60




Rogier van der Weyden (c. 1400 – 1464) - Deposition, c. 1435




Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510) - Lamentation, 1490




Fra Angelico (c. 1395-1455) - Entombment, 1438-40




Hans Memling (c. 1430 – 1494) - The Resurrection, with the Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian and the Ascension


'It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure.'

Joseph Campbell