DEPICTIONS OF CHRIST'S WOUNDS AND SUFFERING ON THE CROSS ARE ON DISPLAY AT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, WASHINGTON DC, AS THE MUSEUM PRESENTS ITS FIRST COMPARISON OF PAINTING AND SCULPTURE FROM THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. ELEVEN PAINTINGS BY DIEGO VELAZQUEZ, FRANCISO DE ZURBARAN AND OTHERS WILL BE DISPLAYED FOR THE FIRST TIME ALONGSIDE 11 HYPER-REALISTIC PAINTED WOOD SCULPTURES FROM THE 17th CENTURY IN 'THE SACRED MADE REAL'. 'THIS INTERACTION BETWEEN PAINTING AND SCULPTURE LED TO SOME REALLY SPECTACULAR PICTURES', SAID THE CURATOR OF LONDON'S NATIONAL GALLERY, WHO COORDINATED THE STUNNING EXHIBIT. THE SOFTLY LIT GALLERY IS A WALK THROUGH SEVERAL KEY CHRISTIAN THEMES, FROM THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION TO THE PASSION OF CHRIST AND THE DEPICTION OF SAINTS. THE PIECES ARE MOST NOTABLE FOR THEIR EXTREME REALISM. VISITORS CAN WALK BEHIND A LIFE-SIZE FIGURE OF CHRIST TO SEE DEPICTIONS OF THE AWFUL WOUNDS ON HIS BACK AFTER HE HAD BEEN WHIPPED. THE EXHIBIT WILL REMAIN ON VIEW DURING HOLY WEEK (28.MARCH TO 3.APRIL) AND THROUGH THE END OF MAY. THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART WILL BE THE ONLY US VENUE FOR THE EXHIBITION.
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