Comparison Of Luther, Calvin, Tyndale And The Anabaptists

throughout time there has been a lot of artist who have shown the history of the great leaders whether it is in a religious way or political way. There are many different viewpoints an artist can represent through a painting to help the viewer understand the beliefs and thoughts throughout that specific time. They can also illustrate the followers that led them into power. I wanted to analyze the followers of Christ and see how each era brought a new outlook on the life of Christ. Being that we have learned a lot about the rise of Christianity thought out the XIV century to the XX century. Reformation was a big thing during these centuries and many people contributed in the reformation in the 16th century. Luther, Calvin, Tyndale and the Anabaptists.

This painting with the background and middle ground being mono-chromatic and the foreground and focal point being Christ in the two primary colors of red and blue. Mei is basically informing the viewer where he wanted them to look first. In this painting Christ is looking more aggressive, confronting an elderly women. With Christ right hand seems to be threatening as if it is to discipline her with the whip and the left hand restraining her rather than punishing the women. Dividing the composition diagonally with the strong inference of red. Bringing the doves to the bottom right corner. Looking closely you can see there is many hands within the left corner. Amongst them there is hands counting money and protecting their wares in the middle ground. Moving back to the focal point of Christ you can see that the face-to-face confrontation between Christ and the elderly women. Carefully you can see the realism within the facial features. Detail within the faces such as line and wrinkles suggest the age and creates’ tension between the two people evoking