Alitoweka Mbele ya Macho Yao (Il disparut à leurs yeux)

James Tissot · 1886–1894
Brooklyn Museum, New York

Tissot alipata njia ya kushangaza ya kuchora kutoweka. Katika chumba chenye giza kilichopambwa kwa mashada ya maua, wanafunzi wawili wamesimama mezani na kukodolea macho mahali palipo mkabala nao.

Pale, kati yao, amesimama umbo la kijivu linaloonyesha upande wa pili kiasi kwamba meza na sakafu vinaonekana kupitia kwake — Yesu katika wakati halisi wa kutoweka. Mwanga kidogo tu wa joto unagusa nyuso na mikono ya wanaume hao wawili.

Kutoka maandiko

“alichukua mkate, akaubariki, na kuuvunja, akawapa” (Luka 24:30)

“macho yao yakafunguliwa, wakamjua, na akatoweka ghafla mbele ya macho yao” (Luka 24:31)

Ubunifu wa msanii

Yesu amechorwa kama umbo linaloonyesha upande wa pili

Chumba chenye mashada ya maua karibu gizani kabisa

Maelezo ya karibu

Akitoweka

Umbo la kijivu linaloonyesha upande wa pili limesimama mezani.

Mwanafunzi

Anarudi nyuma na kuinua mkono usoni.

Mwanafunzi mwingine

Anakodoa macho, mikono yake juu ya meza.

Meza

Meza inaonekana kupitia umbo hilo.

James Tissot, French, 1836–1902. Brooklyn Museum, New York (Purchased by public subscription, 00.159.339) · Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper · Brooklyn Museum (Commons file page, «Permission»): "This image was uploaded by the Brooklyn Museum as a content partnership, and is considered to have no known copyright restrictions by the institutions of the Brooklyn Museum." — "No known copyright restrictions".