Man of Sorrows
(ἡ ἄκρα ταπείνωσις, lit. “the peak of humiliation,” from Is 53:8). Known in the West as the Imago Pietatis, or the Christ of Pity, this image shows the upper body of Christ naked, upright in a sarcophagus, arms visible only to the elbow and hanging down at his sides (or, from the 14th C., crossed), eyes closed, his head bent in death. The cross is placed directly behind him in the background. Essentially a combination of elements drawn from scenes of ... ...
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