Martyrdom of Saint
Sebastian, Gregório Lopes, 1536-38, oil on wood panel, 119x244 cm
Museu
Nacional de Arte Antiga,
Lisbon, Portugal
Body piece, 2005, canvas, candles and
wax, 280x1100x30 mm
In the painting by Gregório Lopes, The
Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, the martyr is represented, according to his most
common, beautiful, sensual, undressed, androgynous iconographic type. His body
presents itself as serene, despite its torment. Death is present but in a
gentle metaphoric way. Just as candles are consumed by flame, death also seems
to consume him slowly. His body has stopped being important. It is sacrificed
for an ideal. At the present moment, the body is also sacrificed for ideals of
beauty or belief.
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