Descent Of Christ Into Limbo Analysis

Art has been an evolving subject throughout history that has been influenced by religious customs and biblical texts around the world. Artists have depicted various religious practices and stories through their works in numerous ways which has allowed their culture and religious beliefs to expand across the globe where a biblical text may have not had the opportunity to influence. The biblical representations found in the Descent of Christ into Limbo, which was created in Peru in the mid-17th century as an oil medium, is a prime example of how the biblical story of Jesus dying on the cross and descending to Limbo to liberate those who died before him has expanded cultural and religious beliefs across the globe. Additionally, Our Lady of Bethlehem with a Male Donor created in Cuzco, Peru in the …show more content…
In each painting, both artists utilized various format and spacial techniques in order to portray different significant features within the space of the work. The artist of the Descent of Christ into Limbo painting used an overlapping technique in various areas of the painting, like in the central subject in the foreground where the viewer’s eye is initially drawn, in order to create more space and provide a third dimension within the work. Because of this overlapping technique, as the viewer, we can assume that Jesus is nearer to us than the character’s arm he is grabbing in the cave in comparison to the landscape in the middle ground which is overlapped in front of the distant background. The artist also portrays atmospheric perspective in his work, which is evident through his attention to bluish-gray hues and less clarity in the distant landscape, as