Tipuri de concepţie mistică şi viziune artistică la tema răstignirii
Types of mystical conception and artistic vision on Crucifixion theme

Summary/Abstract: Types of mystical conception and artistic vision on Crucifixion theme. The study dedicated to mystical experiences before the Christ’s drama on Golgotha reunites in the next lines a few significant examples from Roman Catholic Church’s doctrinary and artistic fiel. These are different points of view that will generate personal visions in Gothic Art and the art of Renaissance approaching the crucifixion theme. Saint Francis of Assisi wants to experience The Saviour’s pain asking for two things: the suffering and the love for the humankind. In her writings, Saint Brigitte admits similar states of revelation before the Crucified. Junlian of Norwich, Margery Kempe identify themselves with His sufferings and Mechthild of Magdeburg describes Him, roughly reminding us of the plasticity in Grünewald’s Crucifixion altar from Colmar. Following some assiduous requests, St Rita recives a thorn from the Saviour’s crown….

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