Why the best Easter art is so gory and disturbing

Blood, death, redemption: how the season of eggs and bunnies inspired some of the most visceral, soul-searching art in history

The art of Easter is gory and profound. If Christmas is the season of angels, stables and wise men bearing gifts, Easter in art is the time of suffering, death and resurrection.

It doesn't matter what you believe in or don't. The story of Christ's passion has inspired some of the greatest artists to create their most serious works. Of all the rituals that marked the pre-modern year in Christian Europe, this was the time for the darkest meditations and most intense hopes.

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