Ananias Of Death

Death of Ananias is a tapestry base map of Raphael(to paint out a base map first is a traditional habit of those early Italian painters).Death is the motif of this painting,which was sourced form the Bible story.Even as a base map of tapestry,Death of Ananias represents high value of aesthetical ideality,concept and painting form which undoubtedly worth our further and deeper study.This thesis will try to start from its origin,with a visual "experiencing" method,to analyze those basic questions hiding behind it,and therefore to unscramble and penetrate into it.