03 — ARTWORK
Resurrection
- MEDIUM
- Oil on canvas, 114 x 116 cm
- TYPE
- Religious
PALETTE
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- FILE
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COMMENTARY
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A tremendous force bears the transfigured body of Christ from the sealed tomb up into the light. The soldiers in the dark foreground, who have been roused from their sleep, witness the mystery and fall back in terror.
An altarpieceA picture or sculpture that stands on or is set up behind an altar. The term reredos is used for an ornamental screen or partition, not directly attached to the altar table but affixed to the wall behind it. A diptych is an altarpiece consisting of two panels, a triptych one of three panels, and a polyptych one of four or more panels. From the 14th to 16th century, the altarpiece was one of the most important commissions in European art; it was through the altarpiece that some of the most decisive developments in painting and sculpture came about. in Naples, painted by Caravaggio in 1609 and destroyed in 1805, is cited as the model for this work.
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@online{wga-r439a64458239d2,
author = {Krén, Emil and Marx, Daniel},
title = {Resurrection by GIORDANO, Luca},
organization = {{Web Gallery of Art}},
date = {2026-09-13},
url = {https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giordano-luca-r27ac41033d0f23/resurrection-r439a64458239d2},
urldate = {2026-09-13},
langid = {english}
}ACCESSED 2026-09-13. REPLACE THE AUTHOR FIELD WITH THE COMMENTARY AUTHOR WHERE ONE IS NAMED.
