Summary Of E Human Jesus By Ivan Kramskoi
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The painting ‘The Temptation of Christ’ by Ivan Kramskoi depicts the image of Christ as a true human being. The artist who was also one of the founders of the Society for Traveling Art exhibitions, in this portrait of Jesus Christ attempts to show the world a different side of Jesus. In this portrait he does not tell the story of ‘Jesus the son of God’ but of a man going through a difficult time of testing both physically and spiritually.
The portrait also referred to as ‘Christ in the Wilderness’ was first exhibited in 1872 at the Peredvizhiniki exhibitions. The portrait shows Jesus through the eyes that are a total opposite from the usual iconic angle we have always looked at the idea of Jesus. Kramskoi brings out a notion …show more content…
Christian literature focuses on highlighting this divine nature and how much Jesus was God as opposed to the fact that while living on earth, he experienced life like any other human being. Actually according to the history of the Bible, all his life until he was 40 years of age was that of an ordinary carpenter’s son in Nazareth.
In ‘The Temptation of Christ’ Kramskoi dares his audience to shed off the ‘spiritual lenses’ that they apply in understanding the history of Jesus in order to understand the depth of his suffering in the wilderness. By looking at Jesus from the angle he highlights the real suffering that Jesus went through as a human being. This is different from looking at the concept from the angle of Jesus being God and therefore having the divine strength to endure being in the wilderness and the temptations.
Among a variety of other types of art, the Peredvizhniki painted portraits of significant people in Russian history. These portraits reminded the audience of the dedication that the individuals had for the society and the good or significant roles they played (Valkenier 79). ‘The Temptation of Christ’ we can say, depicts the dedication that Jesus had to accomplishing his mission on earth. We can see that the strugle was actually real and not any easier because he was believed to be the son of
The painting ‘The Temptation of Christ’ by Ivan Kramskoi depicts the image of Christ as a true human being. The artist who was also one of the founders of the Society for Traveling Art exhibitions, in this portrait of Jesus Christ attempts to show the world a different side of Jesus. In this portrait he does not tell the story of ‘Jesus the son of God’ but of a man going through a difficult time of testing both physically and spiritually.
The portrait also referred to as ‘Christ in the Wilderness’ was first exhibited in 1872 at the Peredvizhiniki exhibitions. The portrait shows Jesus through the eyes that are a total opposite from the usual iconic angle we have always looked at the idea of Jesus. Kramskoi brings out a notion …show more content…
Christian literature focuses on highlighting this divine nature and how much Jesus was God as opposed to the fact that while living on earth, he experienced life like any other human being. Actually according to the history of the Bible, all his life until he was 40 years of age was that of an ordinary carpenter’s son in Nazareth.
In ‘The Temptation of Christ’ Kramskoi dares his audience to shed off the ‘spiritual lenses’ that they apply in understanding the history of Jesus in order to understand the depth of his suffering in the wilderness. By looking at Jesus from the angle he highlights the real suffering that Jesus went through as a human being. This is different from looking at the concept from the angle of Jesus being God and therefore having the divine strength to endure being in the wilderness and the temptations.
Among a variety of other types of art, the Peredvizhniki painted portraits of significant people in Russian history. These portraits reminded the audience of the dedication that the individuals had for the society and the good or significant roles they played (Valkenier 79). ‘The Temptation of Christ’ we can say, depicts the dedication that Jesus had to accomplishing his mission on earth. We can see that the strugle was actually real and not any easier because he was believed to be the son of