Veiled Christ
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- Опубліковано 13 лип 2018
- The Veiled Christ (Italian: Cristo velato) is a marble sculpture made by Giuseppe Sanmartino and preserved in the Cappella Sansevero, Naples.
Produced in 1753, it is considered one of the world's most remarkable sculptures. Antonio Canova who once tried to acquire the work declared that he would willingly give up ten years of his own life to produce a similar masterpiece.
Veiled Christ's production was originally assigned to the sculptor Antonio Corradini. However he died a short time later, having produced only a terracotta bozzetto (today displayed at the Museo nazionale di San Martino. The job thus passed to Giuseppe Sanmartino, who was charged with producing "a marble statue sculpted with the greatest realism, representing Our Lord Jesus Christ in death, covered by a transparent shroud carved from the same block of stone as the statue."
Sanmartino produced a work with the dead Christ laid on a couch, covered by a veil which adheres perfectly to his form. The mastery of the Neapolitan sculptor lies in his successful depiction of the suffering that Christ had undergone during the crucifixion through the veil, under which signs of his pain can be seen on his face and body.
At the sculpture's feet, finally, the artist also carves the instruments of his torture: the crown of thorns, pliers, and some shackles.
Over the centuries, the masterly depiction of the veil has acquired a legend, in which the original commissioner of the sculpture, the famous scientist and alchemist Raimondo di Sangro teaches the sculptor how to transform cloth into crystiline marble. For about three centuries, in fact, many visitors to the Cappella, amazed by the veiled sculpture, erroneously believed it to be the result of an alchemical "marblification" performed by the prince, who was meant to have laid a real veil on the sculpture and to have transformed this into marble over time by means of a chemical process.
In reality, a close analysis leaves no doubt that the work was entirely produced in marble and this is also confirmed by some letters written at the time of its production. A receipt of payment to Sanmartino dated 16 December 1752, signed by the prince and preserved in the Historical archive of the Bank of Naples, states:
Italian: E per me gli suddetti ducati cinquanta gli pagarete al Magnifico Giuseppe Sanmartino in conto della statua di Nostro Signore morto coperta da un velo ancor di marmo.
English: And you will pay the aforementioned fifty ducats to the Magnificent Giuseppe Sanmartino on my behalf, for the statue of Our Lord in death covered by a veil also of marble.
- Raimondo di Sangro
In other letters, di Sangro also states that the veil was produced from the same block of stone as the statue.
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Whenever i have the feeling to see the most admirable art in the world i just search for this sculpture
This is the most beautiful sculpture I've ever seen. And I've had the privilege of seeing the legendary sculpture of David in person.
I come now from visiting the Cappella Sansevero. There I had been staring in profound admiration and shock at this piece of art for almost 1 hour. If there is one word to describe such Art is really "Divine Art". God Bless Italy.
Yes God Bless Italy but not The Vatican. Lookup THE PAPAL AUDIENCE CHAMBER. THE WHOLE CONTEMPORY BUILDING IS A SEARPANT! NO JOKING!!!!! I WAS ONCE A CATHOLIC. Naive and clueless. Wow!!!! Still it doesn't change THE POWER OF CHRIST. JAHLUV
No words for such wonder.
the sculptor's hands were sent by god.
How’s that ?
This is some super natural sculpture. Seriously even today i dont think anyone could just do it or recreate it.
Hauntingly magnificent
In my opinion the most moving sculpture in the world
3d printer. We've been lied to about how advanced people of the past were
I have on my bucket list to one day see this masterpiece in person....I can hardly believe human hands could creates something so powerful!
This is an absolutely breathtaking piece.
Simply astounding!
I saw this when I was a little kid... Some pieces of art can be transcendental at times
This is strikingly beautiful. Stunning!!! I couldn’t leave the side. Never saw such perfection with details seen through the marble.
STUNNING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Its stunning . Would love to go see this one day.
Amazing.
our Lord.
Yeshua HaMashiach is God the Creator who was raised from the grave three days later just as He and the prophets of the Torah prophecied. Now He sits at the right hand of God the Father.
OMG.... 😮
Phenomenal.
From one side devine.
From another side grotesque.
Well, it is depicting a regicide, I guess...
What type of fabric is it supposed to represent? I'd think silk maybe
Più difficile realizzare la Gioconda o il Cristo velato ?
This is masterpiece😮😍
Have always dreamt of seeing this marvel.
Its astonishing to see in real life
How is this even possible?
You have ti see Veiled Christ+
Imagine if this was actually the body of Christ and they found some way to embalm his body for eternity 😱 omg
Could it be that the artist placed a veil on top of his statue and the submerged it in some aort of petrifying liquid?
they must have used a geopolymer liquid with a marble slurry then soaked it with cloth in it and draping it over so it hardens
This was the rumours (that somehow a real cloth undergone a 'marblification' process through alchemy), but through research it has been confirmed that it's all marble!
No, It was carved from a single piece of marble. There are other examples of this kind of work like 'The veiled virgin' and 'Isabel II veiled'. Worth checking out.
@@aw5578 What kind of "research"? They can't confirm anything because the technology that was used in this case is lost/unknown today. Also, they would then have to acknowledge that people of that time were far more advanced and had access to technology that we still (officially) have no access/knowledge of. It says that this was "completed in a few months". With carving?? It don't think so...
rabbi Yeshua bar-Yosef
Jesus Christ. Lord and Savior.
@@steveperry921 Jesus Christ... Savior ...sold by the Jews
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here begins your diaspora @Tristan Rettke... cursed by your own God.. 0 Anno Domini...
@@steveperry921 saved in stone
@@cesareantoniocannata4329 Cultureless White Supremacist Neo-pagan traitors can FK off. There is NO europe without Judeo-Christian Values and Culture.
How is this even possible?
old tech I guess