Raphael's Entombment Analysis
Raphael’s Entombment is the oil painting that was one of the most popular art work in Raphael’s works. He showed the narrative scene that include the death of Christ and his body is pulled down from the cross. Is there relationship between Raphael’s Entombment and Alberti’s thought?
Alberti wrote about Circumscription which means “the recording of the outlines, and if it is done with a very visible line, they will look in the painting, not like the margins of surfaces, but like cracks” (Alberti). In Raphael’s Entombment, the artist showed Alberti’s Circumscription well. For example, the lower body of woman on right side is big, a man who drag Christ body on right side has short upper body, Christ has a slim figure, and woman on left side looks
Alberti wrote about Circumscription which means “the recording of the outlines, and if it is done with a very visible line, they will look in the painting, not like the margins of surfaces, but like cracks” (Alberti). In Raphael’s Entombment, the artist showed Alberti’s Circumscription well. For example, the lower body of woman on right side is big, a man who drag Christ body on right side has short upper body, Christ has a slim figure, and woman on left side looks