{"id":1835,"date":"2013-05-24T11:38:41","date_gmt":"2013-05-24T18:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crossalone.us\/?p=1835"},"modified":"2013-05-24T11:39:16","modified_gmt":"2013-05-24T18:39:16","slug":"cranach-altar-painting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crossalone.us\/?p=1835","title":{"rendered":"Cranach Altar Painting"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Christ the Center<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Christ the Center - The Predella of the Cranach Altar Triptych\" src=\"https:\/\/crossalone.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/predella2.jpg\" alt=\"Christ the Center - The Predella of the Cranach Altar Triptych\" width=\"580\" height=\"221\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong> <\/strong><strong>The Predella of the<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Cranach Altar Triptych<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em> <\/em><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crossalone.us\/wp-admin\/dot_clear.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"25&quot;\" height=\"1\" \/><em>This painting is the bottom panel of the Cranach altar in <\/em><em>Wittenberg<\/em><em>\u2019s <\/em><em>Town<\/em><em> <\/em><em>Church<\/em><em>. It is the best known among the altar\u2019s paintings and shows Luther in the pulpit preaching the <strong>\u201cWord of the Cross.\u201d<\/strong> One hand is on the open Bible; the other points toward the crucifix as  the incarnation of the Word of God. The cross, in central position,  symbolizes the foundations on which religious life is built, and there  is a wave in the loincloth revealing that Christ crucified is alive and  present among us.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> <\/em><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crossalone.us\/wp-admin\/dot_clear.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"25&quot;\" height=\"1\" \/><em>On  the left, the congregation is gathered \u2013 Luther\u2019s family with Katharina  von Bora holding their son Hans by the hand.\u00a0 The girl with the round  face behind them might be <\/em><em>Magdalena<\/em><em>, a daughter who died  at a young age.\u00a0 The man with the full long beard in the background is  Lucas Cranach \u201cthe Elder\u201d who has deliberately chosen to join the  Protestant group.\u00a0 The narrow red band around Luther\u2019s neck is  reminiscent of a cardinal\u2019s collar as if to make Luther the secret  bishop of the Protestant church. A comparison of the two wings of the  Cranach triptych and the bottom panel reveals the same interior design,  making the altar a uniform and compact whole.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christ the Center The Predella of the Cranach Altar Triptych This painting is the bottom panel of the Cranach altar in Wittenberg\u2019s Town Church. It is the best known among the altar\u2019s paintings and shows Luther in the pulpit preaching the \u201cWord of the Cross.\u201d One hand is on the open Bible; the other points [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crossalone.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crossalone.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crossalone.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crossalone.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crossalone.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1835"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/crossalone.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1838,"href":"https:\/\/crossalone.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1835\/revisions\/1838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crossalone.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crossalone.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crossalone.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}