Talk:Resurrection (Cecco del Caravaggio)

The Resurrection

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Original The Resurrection (Cecco del Caravaggio) is one of the artist’s most notable works. The angel is surely into heavy weightlifting, throwing around soldiers and stones like that... The painting is part of the permanent collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Reason

A dramatic, notable painting, own article, and 5,126 × 8,881 pixels. The artwork is from 1619, and was a painting intended for private devotion for the Tuscan ambassador to Rome, for his private chapel in Florence. It depicts the Resurrection of Christ, the moment described in the Gospel of Matthew 28:2:There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. And his appearance was like lightning, and his clothing as white as snow ...

Articles in which this image appears

The Resurrection (Cecco del Caravaggio)

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings

Creator

Cecco del Caravaggio

• Support as co-nominator – — Crisco 1492 (talk) 10:25, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
• Support as co-nominator – Hafspajen (talk) 16:11, 26 March 2015 (UTC)
• Support – CorinneSD (talk) 20:29, 27 March 2015 (UTC)
• Support – nice scan with good EV. SagaciousPhil - Chat 18:32, 28 March 2015 (UTC)
• Support - SchroCat (talk) 06:10, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

Promoted File:Francesco Buoneri, called Cecco del Caravaggio - The Resurrection - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 10:13, 5 April 2015 (UTC)

What does this mean?

From the Painting section: "The painting shows in the typical Baroque manner, using powerful contrasts of lights and dark shadows." Eric Corbett 19:59, 31 March 2015 (UTC)

I've made a guess as to what I think was meant, but if I've got it completely wrong then feel free to correct me. Eric Corbett 21:12, 31 March 2015 (UTC)