"The Flagellation of Christ"

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The writer of this paper supplies a clear description to Ludovico's painting of Christ's flagellation by detailing the artist's distinct style and technique. What is most unique about Carracci's painting is its naturalism. Ludovico used real models for his paintings and not pictures out of his mind from some restrained ideal. The beauty of the illumination from the unknown source tells the viewer that this is a sacred moment.
This paper also gives a brief yet concise biography of the baroque artist that was the best exemplar of naturalistic painting in the early 17th century.

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"The chapter on the Seventeenth century notes that the naturalistic style of the Carracci's who included Ludovico, his cousin, Annibale and Annibale's brother Agostino was in rebellion to the Manneristic Style used by northern Italian painters at that time. The question before us is not the comparison of Renaissance styles but whether the painting "The Flagellation of Christ" falls within the definition of flagellation paintings as defined by James Hall in the Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols and Art. The painting does use some of the methods mentioned to create the ambiance required to demonstrate that Christ is being punished. The most obvious is that Ludovico uses three soldiers in the painting. The bottom soldier, separated from the other two who are actively participating in the flogging, is putting together twigs in a bundle."

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