 | "Dia shábháil ar fad anseo!" |  | "God save all here!" |  |
Posted on 09/16/2021 6:29:01 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6
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Some beautiful paintings to represent this momentous event. Strangely, I love William Blake, #9. A profound and eerie atmosphere strongly captures the moment. Two angels, eyes cast down to the place where Christ had laid, a flight of steps, MM is at the threshold of the tomb, looking up at the apparition. Her outstretched arms mirror those of the Christ. Great symmetry, great pyramid effect, balance, silence, striking execution, enormous impact.
#24, by Ivanov, has always been my favorite of Noli Me Tangere.
Thanks, Alba. It’s not often that Blake is so appreciated here.
Good Morning, Dan! :-)
Don’t cling to Him, Mary-Lou!
Only to the cross I cling.
Rock of Ages, Cleft for me
Let me hide myself in Thee.
That’s the stuff!
For anyone’s information and for anyone that cares, Noli Mi Tangere is the motto of the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment.
That’s Interesting! :-)
Love most anything. BY blake- he does always seem to evoke an eerie scene.
Number 1 is nice too, lo e the style, would love to see it close up and see how tnye painted the veins I. The hands, and see the subtle skin tones. Photos often don’t do the paintings justice
Can you reveal how they came to adopt it?
Good afternoon Dan,
#40 by VALENTIN DE BOULOGNE
“Noli Me Tangere”
For some reason, it moved me to sorrow. Perhaps it’s the times we are in.
I see/view all of your posts - just so you know, I appreciate them all and appreciate the pings.
Hope all is well with you and yours,
Jack
That moment which Boulonge illustrates is so loaded. Does it not augur that moment when, newly arrived in heaven, we reach for Him and He does let us cling to Him?
Don't know whether you're a fan of The Chosen; for those who are, the prospect of seeing this scene five years from now, during Season 7, is too tangible. Can't wait--but as I'm already 72 with heart trouble, perhaps I'll be clinging to Him for real before then.
| "Dia shábháil ar fad anseo!" | | "God save all here!" | |
Gotta say, just seeing your bold banner, knowing your text accompanies it, makes me smile.
Luv em all for their ability to express humility...
Very well said. If you don’t feel humble when at the feet of the risen Lord....
As I've indicated before, I feel irritated with painterly excesses in this most exalted arena of Christ's supernatural Being having been set free from earthly restraints in these passages; so the many figure studies of barely marked, hairless flesh, amazing pecs, rippling muscles, flowing drapes and immaculate robes (even #6B Tissot, God bless'im) turn me right the heck off. No offense to any of the artists, except for the ones who pushed their paintings more successfully into the realm of symbolism or iconography, such as #16 and its clone at #41, Perugino #36, and the stunning Fra Angelico #46).
#4A Tissot's lovely depiction of the two awe-inspiring angels is likely to ignite the debate again as to whether angels are males or females. I agree with Hebrews 11:6's view that they can be whatever they want. A strongly believing black woman friend of mine whose main education has been mostly the Bible was late to our prayer group one time. She came in shook up, because she said she had had a car accident, at an intersection in a black neighborhood on the way to the church. She said, "I got out of the car. I was so dazed, but two white men came and helped me." Am I, Albion Wilde, wrong to have thought they might have been angels?
I had a similar experience once when passing an horrific car accident on a major highway. Four or five crash victims were laid on the grassy berm, near an overturned car. Beside each, an EMT was crouched, strong young men dressed in immaculate white pants and short-sleeved uniform shirts, gazing down at them. The EMTs' lack of movement and meditative watchfulness made me think the victims had already died, and that they were decently waiting with the bodies until vehicles arrived to take them away. But I also thought they could have been angels, because they were beautiful, they were on one or both knees, and they literally dazzled. I had to keep moving on by in the stream of traffic; but I prayed for the next many miles.
That said, the body language of both figures in #7 Copping and of the Christ in #10 Edelfelt is deeply poignant.
There were many others that appealed to me artistically or because of their idiosyncratic quirks in spite of their aforementioned irritating content, such as #19, #22, #23, #33, #34, #43, #44.
This was a challenging session, Professor Dan! Thank you!
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