Hello fellow friends of classic catholic crucifixion art,
maybe somebody remembers my posting about life-like statues of crucified "Dismas" in Sevilla, Spain, some time ago
Here is a story I wrote ... I„m maybe not the best story teller but at least I try to put my fantasy on work. I dont have the pictures for it maybe some of you could make some. I„ll ask a friend on deviantart to make some pictures for it ... hope he will :p... If I„m too soft and boring Please...
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If you did like this, I found more (even better ones in quality) about his comrade "Gestas" (the bearded, older, fatter one of the two thieves in the traditional catholic depiction) who was missing in the first finding. Regardeless if you prefer Dismas or Gestas in your personal "taste", the attention to details and the life-like appearance are once again outstanding. Check it out:
La cofradía del Viernes Santo finaliza con la figura del Mal Ladrón su misterio al completo
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The photographer did pay attention especially to the nailing of the feet, since Gestas feet are nailed in the Yehohanan-style sideways through the heels, what you do not often see in church crucifixes. The younger, slender "Dismas" has been crucified in the more traditional way with the soles of his feet held flat agains the stipes and the spikes were driven through the middle of his feet between the bones of the toes. I wonder which method was more painful...
I really admire the incredible attention to details in these crucifixes, like the muscle strain, the exact blood flow direction, the points of the spikes bent down at the back of the patibulum to prevent the victim struggling loose the nails. In the photo with Dismas cross from behind, you can even see the points of the nails through his feet emerging from the wood on the different height positions where his feet have been nailed to the wood. Incredible.
I also love the slightly asymetric nailing, since after lifting the screaming, struggling, kicking and squirming victim nailed to the patibulum onto the top of the stipes, it was surely difficult to drive the spikes through his feet at the same heights for both feet - and there was no really a reason to do this, as long as the knees were bent enough to enable a position for the victims to breath by pulling up on the nails.
On all three crosses the patibulum is removable (even on the Jesus figure), no ropes are used, no footrest, no sedile, just the spikes through flesh to hang the condemned and to inflict unbearable pain with the spike heads being so tall that no wooden washers were necessary, not even on Gestas pierced heels. Close to perfection in its realism. (Please, no compliance about missing nakedness). The sculptors/artists did obviously do a lot of research before creating these figures.
Should I ever visit Sevilla after the Corona-crisis I will surely visit that church with lots of professional photo equipment
Enjoy.
best regards
Ty.
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