A timeless gesture of grief that departs from symbolic religious imagery to emphasize raw emotional presence. It harkens back.to the pre-Renaissance painting “The Lamentation” by Giotto, c. 1305.

A timeless gesture of grief that departs from symbolic religious imagery to emphasize raw emotional presence. It harkens back.to the pre-Renaissance painting “The Lamentation” by Giotto, c. 1305.