Image taken from GAVS AP Art Gallery
Gothic Art
Likely influenced by the troubles of the period, this wooden statue depicts the moment after Christ is taken down from the cross by his mother- the pieta, a common subject for sculpture. In this sculpture the anguish of Mary is harshly evident and Jesus hangs limp and distorted in her arms in a way that echoes the works of Giotto and the mannerism to come. The brutatity of his death is not glazed over in a placid way but instead it is emphasized in the blood marrring his body and the tears marring hers.