Death Of St. Louis

It was interesting to see different kind of cultures’ art at one place. In those diverse and inspiring arts, the most intriguing theme for me was death. I am always amazed at the creative way how artist express death on to the painting. Some artists draw direct image of death or others express it with darker color. So I have chosen five arts from different period of time. First one is “Triptych with scenes from the Life of St. George” (1425-50) by Aragon. Second, “Christ Nailed to the Cross and The Crucifixion” (1595) by Giovanni Battista Cremonini. Third, “The Mocking of Christ” (1617) by Gerrit van Honthorst. Finally, “The death of Saint Louis” (1858) by Ary Scheffer.

I would like to start with introducing each art in its time period. First art is called “Triptych with scenes from the Life of St. George” (1425-50) by Aragon. As seen in the picture there are images of death like the center where a

This painting have two sides. One has the image of one man hammering down the nail on to the Christ’s right hand and the opposite side shows two people standing side by side of the dead body of Christ praying, and there is a bone and a skull. Third painting is “The Mocking of Christ” (1617) by Gerrit van Honthorst. This

painting is the most unforgettable painting from LACMA. Because of the imagery that is represented where one men seems to hung the Christ with a rope and holding him and other man looks like they are amused by what they are seeing from the light of the fire. Last one would be the “The

death of Saint Louis” (1858) by Ary Scheffer. This art would be the closest to normal death in this collection. In the picture there are one man seems to be dead on a white sheet. Beside him there is a lady who is looking at the sky which seems like she is speaking to the god or seeing the soul of the man leaving to the sky. Also, there are king and the queen and other people around trying to admit the