The burial of Christ, by Juan de Juni.

*Title: The burial of Christ.

*Author: Juan de Juni.

*Year: 1541-1545.

*Style: Rennaisance, Cinquecento and Manerism.

*Tecnique: The sculpture is made of wood.

*Location:It is now in the National Museum of Sculpture in Valladolid San Gregorio.

*General descripcion:This sculpture represents the death of Christ in a very realistic way , next to Christ they are Joseph of Arimathea , Mary Magdalene , Salome , Nicodemus , Mary, the Mother of God and San Juan who they accompany him in his death.

This sculpture is called "The Burial of Christ " by Juan de Juni , Renaissance , John began to build in 1541 and finished in 1545.



This sculpture is in high relief, it is also a group of people around to another, moreover they are all standing and kneeling, less Christ, who is lying.
This sculpture is carved from wood, and stone and is molded in clay orwaxy then cast in bronze, and then to give it more color painted.This sculpture volume is the cubic geometric, to the site where is Christ died, tapered to the cane that is e irregular toothed by Felts that accompany Christ in his death bed.
This sculpture does not have plenty of light, but if there are nuances on some sides so you highlight more, also is has done the effect of light and shadow to highlight more parts and make sculpture more interesting.The scene, formed by seven figures of slightly larger than natural size, picks up the time of the burial of the body of Jesus. It has a classical distribution: the figure of Christ stands in expressive and compositional, central axis from which the secondary characters in a completely symmetrical rhythm is established.
The dynamics of this sculpture is the religion, since it leaves a burial and over that burial is that of Christ.
The subject matter in the sculture is bible.The figure is emotional and realistic.

Sculpture in general is very important for the realism of the figure, also the expressions on the faces imposes, in addition is a mixture of the rencimiento and the Mannerism.Another very important Spanish sculptor during this period was Martín Díez, that some of his works more famous were: Mollet del Vallés, Hunstanton and Canyamars, and the altarpiece from Arenys de Munt.

This sculpture has seemed very emotional, because the expressions are very emotional and very realistic, the position of the sculpture is also very impressive.