Most Medieval depictions of Jesus are gentle. Why is this carving so dramatic?

"The power that this sculpture has is precisely in the fact that it's not always concerned with naturalism and it's really concerned with telling a story."

"The power that this sculpture has is precisely in the fact that it's not always concerned with naturalism and it's really concerned with telling a story."

Curator Peter Barnet on the "Plaque with the Journey to Emmaus and Noli Me Tangere."

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Photography by Oi-Cheong Lee

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