Why did Michelangelo leave this painting unfinished? | The Entombment | National Gallery
Why would Michelangelo leave a work unfinished? Courses and Events Programmer Caroline Miller and Gallery Educator Bethan Durie investigate with a close look at 'The Entombment'.
In 'The Entombment' Michelangelo depicts the moment that Christ's body is moved to the tomb, but he left this work unfinished. It's understood that he abandoned this work to create one of his best-known pieces, his sculpture of 'David'.
But how would Michelangelo have felt about having his unfinished work on display at the National Gallery? And what can we learn about his process from looking at this work, and other unfinished works by great artists?
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I have an artist friend (painter and draughtsman) who insists that no picture is ever completely finished, that any artist can think of ways to further work out a work. The artist agrees to walk away from a work, rather than ever truly finishing it.
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A fascinating way to look at the artist's process - thank you for sharing!
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Constable was notorious for returning to works he had completed
@rajashreechanda7089
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Very true... One has to take a call when to walk away.
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I say something similar to my art students. This is all this artwork has left to teach you. You can spend an eternity trying to perfect it and gain only a grain or move on to your next work and greener pastures.
Congratulations to The National Gallery for displaying such a magnificent unfinished artwork by the great Michelangelo so beautifully!! He was such a great master of the human form that there is so much to learn even from his unfinished works!! His artworks are a great source of inspiration even today to figurative artists because nobody studied and mastered the human anatomy so magnificently as the divine Michelangelo!! Many, many thanks to The National Gallery for explaining this outstanding masterpiece so beautifully!!🙏🙏🫡🫡👏👏❤️❤️
I know it is my modern eyes filling out the unfinished arm, but I can't help but see Mary Magdalene looking down at a cell phone in her hand.
Love this presentation!
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Glad you enjoyed it!
More of this please!
` Thank you so much for the wonderful presentation; very educative. 🌹🌺
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Thank you for watching!
Thank you for this video! I remember attending some years ago and still have the exhibition catalogue discussing these 2 paintings. Of the 2 drawings the Mary Magdalene is interesting and curious as it is on pink paper and it is unique among Michelangelo's surviving drawings. Because of this it was not always considered to be by Michelangelo. I've read that the object in her hand can either be interpreted as a crown of thorns or a mirror- also an attribute . I would love to know your opinions regarding these issues.
He truly was a master.
The outline of the draughtsmanship is outstanding, extremely precise and sharp despite facial expressions are milder compared to other of his paintings which make me always think how we can partially find the hand of someone else beside him.. Anyway amazing painting
So very interesting. Thank you.
"Off-ten" twice. But the rest is great and much appreciated. Thank you.
As a member of the viewing public, “The Entombment” has always made me wonder about what I see, namely, the “large Figure at the right hand side of “the partial view of the head of a smiling black face” as part of the backside of the figure in black below the white belt. The head of the frontal “ black face with a smile” seems to be facing another light shaded figure with the back of its head to the viewer. It is always amazing how “one master artist” could create something so intriguing even after seven hundred years of the creation of his masterpiece. MAH24
Gorgeous
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I don't think Leonardo's comments mean exactly what she thinks it means. There's another quote by Leonardo which I believe could easily contradict that notion that he would be "fine" with unfinished works on display. Leonardo urges paiters to give their best because, unlike musicians (no records at the time), their artwork will perdure for eternity, for all to judge. Once it's out there, there is no pulling it back in.
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Joe Plaskett had a habit of not finishing his paintings towards the edges…
That's why I love Michelangelo, although I've seen once that. This depiction seems really person who Jesus is.
wasn't it LdV who said "a composition is never finished , just abandoned"?
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I’ve not come across many ‘nude’ Christ figures in religious art, did attitudes change after this period or was this unusual at the time?
Now I know why Michelangelo's paintings are cramped. He always thought of sculpture when painting. Cramped figures and a canvas full of people have no rural or court backdrop.
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