Genres and Subjects - Subjects - Religious subjects

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Under which genre do religious subject fall?

The history genre.

Which two religious subjects are depicted the most commonly?

1: The Madonna.
2: Scenes from Christ's life.

Why is Caravaggio's The Entombment of Christ not considered to be part of the history genre?

Because it is considered quite undignified and theatrical, with beggars and prostitutes mourning Christ and the Virgin as an old woman instead of the sacred, eternally young Virgin.

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