
Isenheim Altarpiece
1516 · Unterlinden Museum, Colmar
Christ's body hangs green and pocked with sores, painted for a hospital whose patients saw their own ravaged flesh.
★ 9.3

Christ's body hangs green and pocked with sores, painted for a hospital whose patients saw their own ravaged flesh.

A crush of leering faces fills every inch, and Christ moves through the middle of it with his eyes shut.