European Art

By: Rebecca Wiegert

The Entombment of Christ

Painted by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio

Painted in 1602-03. Christ has been taken

down from the cross and is being laid on the “Anointing Stone,” the traditional spot where his body was washed and wrapped in linen before burial.

Significant people included in this painting are Mary of Cleopas, Christ, John, Mary Magdalene, Virgin Mary, and Nicodemus.

Archaic Style Archaic styles are

nude youths. This statue is called

a Kouroi meaning, “male youth”

Sculpted by Fletcher Fund in 1932

Made of marble Height 6 feet 4

inches

Architectural Styles

Doric style: sturdy and its top looks plain.

Ionic style: thinner and a little more detailed. Its top is designed like a scroll.

Corinthian style: Its top is very detailed and decorated with acanthus leaves.

Archaic Vases On the left is a amphora

of Hercules Wrestling the Nemean Lion

Dates to about 525 BCE.

In archaic vases the background is usually red with black silhouette-like figures

Detail is often scratched into the figures to make them more realistic