Jesus the Subversive
Christ Carrying the Cross and Mary Magdalene in Penitence (El Greco 1585 – 1590) Subvert: To destabilize, unsettle, overthrow, overturn the existing state of affairs. For this section on “Jesus the Subversive,” I chose these unsettling and destabilizing paintings by El Greco because – just like Jesus and Mary Magdalene – El Greco intentionally chose to “subvert” the status quo of his time and place. “El Greco attempted to express […]