Throwing Dice before the Cross (Die Würfler unter dem Kreuz) from Six Lithographs to the New Testament (Sechs Lithographien zum Neuen Testament)

Max Beckmann examines Jesus's human qualities—his inner strength and charisma, his humility and forgiveness, and ultimately his suffering—in this, his first print portfolio. Beckmann manipulates space, light, shadow, and the narrative sequence in ord...