3. touching and poetic characters of faith
messages of sacrifice, endurance of pain, hope, and aspiration to eternal life …

4. The Easter Story
Passion, Death and Resurrection of Christ
among the artworks of the Uffizi Galleries

7. Leandro Bassano
The Last Supper
between the sacred and the profane …
one table, bread
the disciples
dramatic tension
prophetic announcement of betrayal
Judas touching the plate with lamb (Christ's sacrifice on the Cross) hides the bag in which he keeps
the money he received from the Sanhedrin authorities

8. Leandro Bassano
Leandro da Ponte ou Bassano
The Last Supper
Le dernier souper
Last decade of the 16th century
Palatine Gallery (Pitti Palace),
Room of Justice

15. Pietro Perugino
Agony in the Garden
... the hours following the Last Supper
a quiet dialogue with the angel who offers the chalice of passion
solitude and exhaustion
a silent lake landscape
and
an group of soldiers with Judas who advance to capture Christ

16. Pietro Perugino
Agony in the Garden
L'Agonie dans le jardin
1492
Uffizi, Gallery of Statues
and Paintings, Room 27

21. Antonio Ciseri
Ecce Homo!
Christ is exposed from Pilate's balcony to the judgment of the crowd
Pilate, they are his gleaming mantle pierced by the light
and
the touching nakedness of Christ, with his regal red draping cloak

22. Antonio Ciseri
Ecce Homo!
1891
Gallery of Modern Art (Pitti
Palace), Room 14

28. Titian
Ecce Homo
crude realism
wrists tied tightly by a rope
the crown of thorns
a mute plea to tolerate the sufferings

29. Titian
Titien
Ecce Homo
1564-1566
Palatine Gallery (Pitti Palace)

32. Luca Signorelli
Predella with Stories of the Passion: The Last Supper, Prayer in
the Garden and Capture of Christ, Ascent to Calvary, and the
Flagellation
the first episode, the Last Supper …
the second episode, Garden of Gethsemane …
the third episode, the Flagellation…

33. Luca Signorelli
Predella with Stories of the Passion: The
Last Supper, Prayer in the Garden and
Capture of Christ, Ascent to Calvary, and the
Flagellation
1512-1520
Uffizi, Galleries of Statues and Paintings

34. the first episode, the Last Supper …
the disciples
Jesus
Judas away from the others
an almost asphyxiated and bare room

36. the second episode, Garden of Gethsemane …
silence
the sleeping disciples
Christ, completely absorbed in meditation
noise and excitement
capture of Jesus
the ascent to Calvary
the cross
an angel in flight, holding a goblet in his hands

40. the third episode, the Flagellation …
the Palace of the roman governor
and
the alliance:
the two corrupt powers, the religious one of the Jews and the temporal one of the
tetrarch united in the desire to destroy the new spiritual belief embodied by the tortured
Jesus

42. Luca Signorelli
Crucifixion with Mary Magdalene
the cross
Mary Magdalene
strawberry seedlings and small flowers
skull and lizard, Christian symbols of Christ’s sacrifice and Resurrection

43. Luca Signorelli
Crucifixion with Mary Magdalene
Le Christ en croix et la Madeleine
1490-1498
Uffizi, Gallery of Sculpture and
Painting, Room 32

49. Agnolo Gaddi
Crucifixion
a completely golden sky
the thief, dying, with the soul depicted as a newborn kidnapped by a devil
the Roman centurion, refined and elegant recognizes the divine nature.
the soldiers raffling off the tunic

50. Agnolo Gaddi
Crucifixion
La Crucifixion
1390
Uffizi, Gallery of Statues and
Paintings, Room 5-6

57. Giottino
Pietà di San Remigio
the tragic intensity and force …
the bare and bloody cross
Madonna supporting the body
Magdalene resigned
pious women kiss the hands
a Benedictine nun and an elegantly dressed girl
and
San Benedetto and Bishop Remigio, with a gesture of blessing and paternal protection

58. Giottino
Pietà di San Remigio
Lamentation sur le Christ mort
1360-1365
Uffizi, Gallery of Statues and
Paintings, Room 4

63. Ludovico Cardi known as Cigoli
The Deposition
a dark sky
heavy black clouds
two symbolic images, orange and blue, day and night, light and darkness: the divine nature of
Christ
the crown of thorns and the nails, symbols of the Passion of Christ

64. Ludovico Cardi known as Cigoli
The Deposition
La Déposition de croix
1600-1608
Palatine Gallery (Pitti Palace),
Room of Apollo

68. Antonio Ciseri
The Entombment
an almost metaphysical light
a monumental solemn procession

69. Antonio Ciseri
The Entombment
Mise au tombeau
1891
Gallery of Modern Art
(Pitti Palace), Room
14by grief over

72. Rogier van der Weyden
Lamentation of Christ
the mountain of Golgotha with three crosses
the tomb carved in rock
plants and flowers
the jar of oils and perfumed essences of Mary Magdalene
the body of Christ …
the extreme realism of Flemish painting

73. Rogier van der Weyden
Lamentation of Christ
La Lamentation du Christ
1450 ca. or 1460-63
Uffizi, Gallery of Statues
and Paintings, Room 15

79. Titian
The Resurrection of Jesus
between heaven and earth ...

80. Titian
Titien
The Resurrection of Jesus
Christ ressuscité
1511-1512
Uffizi, Gallery of Statues
and Paintings, Room 83

84. Pieter Paul Rubens
The Resurrection of Jesus
a triumphant image
a single, iconic moment
the banner of the cross, symbol of the resurrection
the crown of thorns, symbol of sacrifice for humankind
ears of wheat on the tomb, ancient symbol of the rebirth

85. Pieter Paul Rubens
The Resurrection of Jesus
Le Christ ressuscité
triumphant
1616
Palatine Gallery (Pitti
Palace), Sala of Fine Arts

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The Easter Story
Passion, death and Resurrection of Christ among the artworks of
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