This carving, created by an English artist between the years 1450-1490, is made out of alabaster and a little bit of paint. Because alabaster was so popular for church illustrations in England, this was most likely a section of a much larger altar. The event depicted in this particular panel is the Resurrection of Christ. The artist successfully captured the grace with which Christ rises up and out of the tomb, without disturbing the handful of sleeping guards around him. This work of art fits under both, the Late Medieval and Romanesque art periods. It is significant to this pilgrimage because it blatantly shows what Christ did for us, in order to provide salvation. The angels on either side of him make this point even clearer.
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