Entombment (second version) c. 1529

Editor: This is Parmigianino's "Entombment (second version)". It’s an etching, and what strikes me is its raw emotionality, almost like a scream frozen in time. What do you see here? Curator: I see a challenge to the very structures of power that demand such suffering be normalized. The contorted bodies, the grief-stricken faces... it's a direct confrontation with a society that perpetuates violence, isn’t it? How does this challenge the viewer's understanding of faith and sacrifice? Editor: It feels like it inverts it. I'm used to seeing something reverent, but this is so... human. Curator: Exactly. It's a refusal to accept the status quo, a visual disruption demanding a re-evaluation of our complicity. Perhaps it asks us to consider who profits from such displays of sorrow. Editor: That's a powerful reading. I'll never look at it the same way. Curator: Art's true power lies in its ability to provoke uncomfortable yet necessary dialogues.