Is The Similarity Between The Entommbment Of Christ And The Raising Of The Cross

The similarity between the Caravaggio, The Entombment of Christ and Peter Paul Rubens, The Raising of the Cross are their dramatic movement and the lighting. When looking at both paintings, the body of Christ seems to be the focal point. As of the Entombment of Christ, in his background, there is nothing but darkness, and the light was shine on him, making him popping out from space. This concept is the same as The Raising of the Cross. As for the dramatic look, on both paintings, each character expressed different feeling and occupied with something making both figures climatic and realistic. The differences between these two paintings are that The Raising of the Cross is a three-piece painting and contains more stories than The Entombment