Deader than Dead

A Short Article on Holbein's Dead Christ in the Guardian is really simple, but if you want a more nuanced yet exciting and beautifully written article on the subject, look no further than Julia Kristeva's "Holbein's Dead Christ" in Fragments for a History of the Human Body vol. 1.

This blogger at Left Traces gives a little summary of her article and also connects it to a contemporary work of art playing on Dead Christ: