#Stigmata

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a stigmata wound inexplicably popped up on my palm last night

I kind of want to be the first genderqueer stigmatic

Stigmata is so cool I hope there’s a supernatural episode about it

Sometimes I wished I believed in god

idk

still pray sometimes lowk but that’s literally only when there’s enough blood on me to make people assume I have stigmata

ha

Cimabue, Crucifixion, after 1279, fresco. 5.18 x 7.32 m. Upper Church, San Francesco, Assisi

Object 2: Cimabue, Crucifixion (Fresco, Basilica of San Francesco, Assisi)

Visual Description Guide

Study and be able to describe the following visual elements:

• Large fresco in the transept of the Upper Church at Assisi; lead-white pigments have oxidized, reversing light/dark values

• Christ’s body displays a sinuous, lifeless slump — dramatically contorted

• Loincloth flaps violently as if in a howling wind, charged with kinetic energy

• Mary Magdalene and the centurion Longinus thrust arms desperately toward Christ

• Angels twist, fret, and cry — dynamic, emotionally charged figures in the upper register

• St. Francis kneels at the foot of the cross, miraculously ‘present’ at the Crucifixion

Major Themes to Address

• Franciscan devotion and the Passion of Christ: Francis’s identification with Christ’s sacrifice through his own stigmata

• Artistic license within sacred narrative: Cimabue uses dramatic spatial staging to tell the story of Christ’s death

• Collapse of time in devotional imagery: Francis appears at the historical Crucifixion as an act of devotional transport

• Comparison with Byzantine models: Cimabue’s emotional intensity pushes beyond the hieratic calm of Byzantine art

Significance & Socio-Cultural Context

• Painted for the Franciscan friars to meditate on sacrifice and to emulate Francis’s example

• Francis’s presence at the Crucifixion is a theological statement: his intense devotion collapses time

• The fresco site (both transepts) underscores the centrality of the Crucifixion to Franciscan identity

• Cimabue’s dramatic style represents a bridge between Byzantine tradition and the emerging naturalism of the Italian Renaissance

Key Terms & Concepts

• Transept

• Stigmata

• Cimabue

• Passion of Christ

• Franciscan devotion

• Dynamic vs. hieratic style

San Damiano Crucifix, 12th century, tempera on panel. 1.9 x 1.2 m, Santa Chiara, Assisi

Object 1: San Damiano Crucifix (Christus Triumphans) Visual Description Guide

Study and be able to describe the following visual elements:

• Large painted crucifix; Christ depicted with open eyes, upright posture, not hanging —appears to levitate before the cross

• Blood visible from wounds in hands, feet, and side, yet body is smooth and unblemished

• Flanking figures (Virgin Mary, disciples) display beatific smiles rather than grief

• Small figure of the Risen Christ appears at the top, striding toward angels

• Busts of angels painted beneath Christ’s arms; the whole composition arranged in registers

• Style is bold, stylized, and hierarchical — Christ is superhuman and unapproachable

Major Themes to Address

• Religious reform: the image associated with St. Francis’s founding vision — it ‘spoke’ to him

• Christus Triumphans (Triumphant Christ): theological emphasis on resurrection over physical suffering

• The gap between human and divine: figures are distant and serene, not grieving — contrasts with later Passion imagery

• Urban religious culture: art as a medium for personal religious experience and conversion

Significance & Socio-Cultural Context

• This is the crucifix that spoke to St. Francis, triggering his conversion and the founding of the Franciscan Order

• Represents the older Byzantine tradition of Christus Triumphans — theologically focused on resurrection and eternal life, not suffering

• Marks the beginning of a major shift: reformers like Francis wanted more personal, emotionally accessible religious imagery

• Illustrates how style carries theological meaning: the aloof Christ speaks to transcendence, not human suffering

Key Terms & Concepts

• Christus Triumphans

• Mendicant

• Stigmata

• Byzantine style

• Religious conversion

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Thw concept of my twin breaking his hand and his “best friend” having his hand bandaged too…

They gotta have stigmata guys

Going through reviews of Stigmata (1999) on Letterboxd while rewatching the movie

Now were they talking about Frankie in this movie or Frank Iero?

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well he was set up for this fate with those sucidal seme bangs

omg new cover slaps

Chosen / Cursed

St. Catherine of Siena, WIP

UNHOLYVERSE WHO CHEERED

my friend gave me a late christmas gift and i’ve been playing dolls with him ever since.