A_Visual_Analysis_Of_“Jonah_Cast_Up”

A Visual Analysis Of “Jonah Cast Up” A collection of marble sculptures called the “Jonah Group” is now on display at the Cleveland Art Museum. “Jonah Swallowed, Jonah Cast Up, Jonah Praying, Jonah Under the Gourd Vine, and The Good Shepherd,” are the separate titles for each of the different statues depicting events in the Bible story. They are part of the John L. Severance Fund; numbered 1965.237, .238, .239, .240, .241 respectively. The “Jonah Group” was created in Asia minor, approximately 270 to 280 AD. These statues most likely decorated the water fountain in a wealthy private home. This visual Analysis focuses on “Jonah Cast Up.” “Jonah Cast Up,” this sculpture portrays the miraculous event of Jonah being spit out of the Whale. It consists of a strangely shaped whale lying on its stomach. The whale arches its back so that the curvy tail twists up over its head. Shooting out of the whale’s mouth is Jonah. He is halfway out head first with his arms outstretched straight above his head. The figures rest on a rectangle base that is roughly 3 inches tall and approximately a square foot in area. The whole sculpture is 15 inches tall, 16 inches long, and 81/2 inches wide. The jonah, whale, out, head, cast, tail, sculpture, inches, group, back, swallowed, pig, mouth, god, dog, bible, being, white, whale’s, way, wavy, variety, under, twists, tall, symbolism, surface, story, stomach, statues, statue, shaped, shape, seems, roman, parts