crucifixions
Deaths on crosses
Crucifixions are instances of crucifixion—execution by nailing or binding someone to a cross and leaving them to die.
The Roman Empire used crucifixion widely, most famously for Jesus of Nazareth.
The word appears in historical, religious, and figurative contexts: Medieval paintings depicted the crucifixions of saints.
Metaphorically, a crucifixion is public destruction of someone's reputation or career.
Christian faith's divine son
- ChristThe anointed savior
- PassionPowerful consuming emotion
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
- salvationDeliverance from harm
sacrifice · atonement · Good Friday · gospel · martyrdom · suffering · thieves · Barabbas
Intersecting line pairs
- nailsMetal fasteners, finger coverings
- RomanOf ancient Italy's capital
- GolgothaBiblical execution hilltop
- CalvaryBiblical execution mount
condemned · criminals · torture · death · punishment · soldiers · spikes · beams
Rebel gladiator of antiquity
- slavesPersons owned by others
- Appian WayHistoric Roman thoroughfare
- PersiansPeople of ancient Iran
- CarthaginiansAncient Tunisian civilization's people
antiquity · rebels · mass · suppression · revolt · insurrection · deterrent · example
Spanish Baroque portraitist
- RubensBaroque Flemish painter
- altarpieceReligious art behind altar
- triptychArt in three panels
- iconographyAnalysis of artistic symbols
Renaissance · Byzantine · depiction · painting · sculpture · Dali · Giotto · medieval
Jesus
Christian faith's divine son
- ChristThe anointed savior
- PassionPowerful consuming emotion
- redemptionRecovery or moral restoration
salvation · sacrifice · atonement · Good Friday · gospel · martyrdom · suffering · thieves · Barabbas · Pilate
crosses
Intersecting line pairs
- nailsMetal fasteners, finger coverings
- RomanOf ancient Italy's capital
- GolgothaBiblical execution hilltop
Calvary · condemned · criminals · torture · death · punishment · soldiers · spikes · beams · scourging
Spartacus
Rebel gladiator of antiquity
- slavesPersons owned by others
- Appian WayHistoric Roman thoroughfare
- PersiansPeople of ancient Iran
Carthaginians · antiquity · rebels · mass · suppression · revolt · insurrection · deterrent · example · thousands
Velazquez
Spanish Baroque portraitist
- RubensBaroque Flemish painter
- altarpieceReligious art behind altar
- triptychArt in three panels
iconography · Renaissance · Byzantine · depiction · painting · sculpture · Dali · Giotto · medieval · imagery
crucifixionsbeheadings
Lethal head removals
lethal injections · hangings · firing squads · guillotinings · stonings
crucifixionsresurrections
Returns to life
salvations · rescues · reprieves · pardons · liberations
- crucifixion sceneDepiction of Christ's death