I agree, Judy, it is an imaginative composition. What I especially like is that the artist seems to be playing with perspective. BUT from the point of view of the human body, rather than a line of columns or some other architectural structure. Also, I like that by costume he places the three guards in another era. Thanks for suggesting I look more closely.
On Thursday, January 2, 2014 10:15 AM, "authfri...@yahoo.com" <authfri...@yahoo.com> wrote: Look more closely. The painting shows him in the process of emerging from the tomb right through the stone lid fully clothed (or draped), while the guards are snoring away. This is my favorite painting of the Resurrection, both because Christ looks kind of beat up and even a little diffident--more "Hi, Dad, it's me" than triumphant; and because the artist is having us on a bit: it all seems rather mundane and unexciting until you notice where Christ's left leg is, with the lid still firmly on the tomb. Also, it's a wonderfully executed, very imaginative composition. << Ok, Richard and Judy, based on this painting, I wonder if Jesus rose THROUGH the stone, but nekkid. Three beings were there on the outside. They helped him move the stone so he could retrieve his garments. Then the three men fell asleep, they were so tired from moving that rock! What do you all think? >> On Thursday, January 2, 2014 7:46 AM, "authfriend@..." <authfriend@...> wrote: << Richard, I haven't really thought about it much til now! But now thinking about it, maybe Jesus rose body and soul THROUGH the stone on top of his crypt. And that's why he was nekkid. The cloth couldn't make it through the stone! >> Hans Multscher, 1437
