... mystery of the image, especially in contrast with Jesus's face, which is clear and composed. The fusing of the mountains and lake serves the painting well as it combines Jesus's death with the idea of paradise, so much so that the difference between the room and the merged scene is not noticeable. Rubens makes no such merging of paradise; he paints ... the scene as if it were happening around him. There is no fear in Dali's depiction; one sees only that He and His Apostles are preparing themselves for the coming tests; this content draws a strong distinction to Rubens's world, where the...

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