Dramatic Values’ Representations of Christ’s Sufferings in the Modern European Paintings

Abstract

The current research took care of a study: representations dramatic values ​​of Christ’s pain in modern European painting. It included four chapters. The first chapter contained the research problem, the importance of research and the need for it, and the aim of the research, which is: Identify representations dramatic values ​​of Christ’s pain in modern European painting, as well The chapter included search terms and definitions. And the second chapter contained the theoretical framework and previous studies, as the theoretical framework included two topics, the first topic: the dramatic values ​​of Christ’s conceptual pain, and the second topic: representations of the dramatic values ​​of the religious image in modern European painting. The chapter also included theoretical framework indicators that were used as tools in building the tool and analysis in research procedures. As for the third chapter, it deals with the research procedures that included the research community, the research sample, and the research tool that became ready for application after achieving honesty and consistency. The chapter also included the statistical methods used in achieving the honesty and consistency of the research tool, then analyzing the sample of the research sample consisting of (6) forms Just. According to the analysis of the sample's research samples, the fourth chapter included the results of the research, the conclusions, recommendations and proposals, and some of the conclusions that emerged from the research:

1. The characteristic of likeness or unity with the image of Christ (PBUH) that appeared in most models of the research sample gives an impression of the character of the human self and its domination of the prevailing modernist intellectual scene, and thus the attempt to sanctify the human self instead of the religious sanctification associated with the Christian cause.


2. The image of Christ (PBUH) with its various dramatic values ​​of his pain and torments became an artistic icon, in which most modern European painting artists found their intellectual and artistic aspirations, despite their different intellectual orientations and artistic styles, which gives an impression on the extent of the expansion of the dramatic values ​​of the pain of Christ In modern European thought, with the civilizational, religious, and artistic legacy of these values.