Posted on 10/11/2020 10:16:15 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6
The Bible encourages us to meditate on it (Ps. 1:1-3, 119:11-16, etc.); these artists have done so, and their works can assist us and enrich our own thoughts about biblical characters, incidents and concepts, and increase our faith in He who is behind it all. As you encounter and consider these images and the related Scriptures and the Spirit enlightens your understanding, please share it with us!
But it is not only oil-on-canvas that can so help us; I refer to the astonishing video series The Chosen, which strolls through the four Gospels at the most leisurely pace. The eight episodes of Season 1 are finished, and the second of a planned seven seasons is coming soon. I say "leisurely" because after an entire years viewing Jesus still has only seven of the apostles (although He's preparing to call up Thomas from the minor leagues--but Thomas is skeptical, of course). Anticipating a canvas of fifty-plus hours instead of a movie's paltry two hours, The Chosen turns the characters (especially including Jesus!) into three-dimensional humans and brings the Gospels alive--you have never seen anything even remotely like it! Here is the Official Trailer.
Here is a link for free viewing of The Chosen: Works with your phone, tablet, and you can cast to your Roku or Chromecast. Last fall I paid $34.98 for DVDs and ongoing internet accessbest 35 bucks Ive ever spent (I dont recall how much our marriage license cost, but then it was 43 years ago).
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Technical issues delayed liftoff by four hours, but we’re soaring now!
Shepherd David Playing the Harp
Kibbuz Ramat - David,
Winner
However, I have to go to the city later this week and will stop by Grace Cathedral to take in their beauty
We’ll be hoping for your full report. No side-trip to the kibbuz?
"Dia shábháil ar fad anseo!" |
Couldn’t help myself, focusing on the David statue like that. How often is one presented with such an epic opportunity, all teed up and ready to be whacked?! After that it was all downhill....
Looking at Michaelangelo’s masterpiece. Although I’d be labeled a prude, I don’t understand why David is posed as naked. Certainly he wouldn’t be looking like that in the fields or about Jesse’s home and around the women— it’s so out of place kind of like putting tennis shoes on his feet.
When I look at the first image, I am just taken aback.
Can any one even come close to that level of artistry today? Does any one even try?
Off to search the internet for an answer, and to offer up a grateful prayer that we can still look upon it.
I don't know, but I can refer you to some possible sources.
StainedGlassInc.com
You can see their imprint on the lower right of #19 & 20. They sell stained glass but might also sell prints, or know who does.
Flickr.com
A photo-archival site, but I see lots of stained glass there, and you never know...
https://www.pinterest.com/debkemmm/faith-stained-glass/
Same deal.
A grabber, for sure.
Thank you. I’ll follow up.
Sodom and Gomorrah first
I lived there, near Golden Gate Park, during the summer of ‘70, and it is now much the worse for wear.
David was carved out of a huge Carrara marble block, nude as in the tradition of Greek sculptures of heroes. It is David before his battle with Goliath, anxiety, concentration, determination, etched on his face. What we see today outside of the Cathedral in Florence is a replica, the original is sheltered inside. More than his Pieta’, it is David who defined Michelangelo as a master sculptor at only 29 years of age.
We won't encounter Goliath until Thursday, so I decided to introduce David dramatically here, especially inasmuch as he appears to comport with the text, being already a seasoned lion- and bear-killer.
Ah, no mystery. My screen name comes from an Italian Disney comic book; etabeta, the time traveler from centuries into the future. Silly name but it solved what to call myself.I have not read The Agony and the Ecstacy nor seen the movie, maybe I should. Thank you.
Can I assume you learned English fluently at a young age? Your typed English is flawless.
Both the book and the movie spend time in the Carrara quarry.
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