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CARAVAGGIO: Christ at the Column

🖼 Christ at the Column, c. 1607
Oil on canvas
135 × 175 cm
Rouen, France

Harsh light isolates Christ's muscular torso bound to a column, his body twisted in anguish against deep shadow. Caravaggio's revolutionary chiaroscuro transforms religious suffering into visceral drama, establishing the Baroque's emotional intensity and influencing Counter-Reformation devotional art.

Caravaggio
Caravaggio
Sebastian Schütze
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