The Descent from the Cross

The vanishing point of the perspective, low and slightly to the side, is the means for determining the poetic value of the vision, its truth as a lyrical document, beyond any abstract, systematic rule. The optical solution of this scene is conditioned by the inspiring feeling, and everything contributes to creating an ascending tension, a distancing of the surrounding and background details from the central group, terrible in its anguish, of the Mother with her dead Son.