Abstract The large painting, South Africa 1958–1959 (Deposition) (1959) and four small etchings, all 1955, on the Deposition of Christ, form the basis of a discussion of the place of Albert Adams in the canon of South African art and of this artist’s re-interpretation of a key image in Christian iconography and Western painting. In particular, the paper focuses on Adams’s Deposition images as particular instantiations of his concern with the formal and philosophical challenges encountered by the artist in renditions of psychological and physical torment.

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阿尔伯特亚当斯和基督的沉积

摘要 大画，南非 1958-1959（沉积）（1959）和四幅小蚀刻，全部 1955 年，关于基督的沉积，构成了关于阿尔伯特·亚当斯在南非艺术经典中地位的讨论的基础，以及这位艺术家对基督教肖像画和西方绘画中的一个关键形象的重新诠释。特别是，本文重点关注亚当斯的沉积图像，作为他对艺术家在心理和身体折磨方面遇到的形式和哲学挑战的关注的特殊实例。