perspectiva expressionista

Kristus and the Woman Caught in Adultery (1918)
by Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
woodcut, 49.8 x 39.7 cm

(...) There is overwhelming tension between darkness and light; indeed, the light is only punctualbut intense. Schmidt-Rottluff's Jesus confronts people, overwhelming but not overpowering them.He is the beacon of salvation and transformation, touching people with his holy hand. (...) in

Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery(1917)
by Max Beckmann
Oil on canvas 58 3/4 x 49 7/8 in.

This picture could almost be called "a drama of hands." The variety and expressiveness of these hands and their gestures are incredible. If one could see nothing but Jesus' right hand, one would know that here a poor soul is being received into the mild, deep space of divine protection. Christ's left hand, shaped like an elongated Gothic arch, defends the sinner, pushing back insults and menaces. These gently energetic, almost elegant hands are counterpointed by the passive, soft hands of the adulteress praying in quiet confidence. The mocking, cruelly aggressive forefinger of the clownish scoffer; the rude fists shaking furiously in the air on the left; the lancer's hands bent back by the impact of the crowd's hatred_this is an assembly of characters in the shape of hands. (...) in