Blog #2

The Crucifixion

The painting was created by Pietro Lorenzetti in the 1340s. The form and style of this artwork is 2D representational painting. Some of the visual affects that Lorzenzetti used in his painting were warm colors with a bit of bright colors as well, lines including a triangle, bringing the viewers attention to the top of the painting. The concept of this painting was to portray a biblical story. Some of the objective contents seen in this painting are horses, crosses, people, and swords. Subjectively you can see the Virgin Mary being supported by people around her, in her eyes and body language you can see she is emotionally in pain due to her sons crucification. You can see the pain in Jesus' followers as they watch him suffer on the cross.  You can see the message portrayed by this painting, Christ being crucified along with the two thieves. I feel that this painting is very moving and captures the essence of how Christ died for our sins. Viewers can get a feel of what Christ went through and the pain which he and his followers felt during his crucification.