christ of st. john of the cross
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CHRIST OF ST. JOHN OF THE CROSS
• Artist- Salvador Dali
• Year- 1951
• Type- Oil on Canvas
• Dimensions- 205 cm × 116 cm
(80.7 in × 45.67 in)
• Location- Kelvingrove Art
Gallery and Museum (first floor)
Depicts Jesus Christ on the
cross.
Composition of Christ is based
on a triangle and circle
Triangle of the Holy Trinity
Circle in the centre of the
triangle meaning he is the
centre of the universe
Technique
Surrealistic Technique- a paranoiac-critical method
developed by Dali.
Involved optical illusions and other multiple
images.
"spontaneous method of irrational knowledge
based on the critical and systematic objectivity
of the associations and interpretations of
delirious phenomena."
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