Monday, May 25, 2015

Ekphrasis


There is a group of people helping an injured person while others are helping someone else that seems to be in pain. There are beautiful blue skies in the background with green mountains. Two other men with a blanket are carrying the injured man. He has a halo on his head and is only wearing cloth around his hips covering his private parts. He has the body of a young man and is visibly bleeding from his right hand and foot. There are three other women that also have halos around their heads all of which are serving supporting roles. One seems to be praying behind on of them men near the body of the injured man, another is holding the hand of the injured man and the last is holding up the woman that looks in pain. There are two other women that do not have halos around their heads but they are also holding up the woman in pain. It is a community effort to help the two people that are in pain; one is physical pain while the other is emotional pain. Everyone has a sad face and is very focused on helping the man in need. Everyone is fully dressed, only the injured man is missing clothing.

(Deposizione di Cristo, 1507, Villa Borghese)