Posted on 05/25/2023 6:30:02 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6
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The Jehovah’s Witnesses believe that the the Archangel Michael and Jesus are the same person..................
They really do vary in quality don't they? Never understood the ones that make him look feminine or have a tranquil countenance while in combat.
Too bad, so sad......................
Me too!...................
If you were to paint one then, Michael, I suppose we can guess how fierce yours would look. And Happy Birthday four months early!
For years ‘Michael’ was the number one name foe newborn baby boys...............
At a company I used to work for 30 years ago, we had ten guys named Michael in the same department!
One day, by fortuitous accident, we were all working on the same project in the same room.
A guy came in the door and yelled “HEY! MIKE!” and WE ALL TURNED AROUND AND SAID “WHAT?”
He was stunned!...........................
Angels have historically been painted ‘feminine’ because they are supposed to be beauteous creatures created directly by God’s own hand.
Even in modern day movies.
In the Keanu Reeves’ movie ‘Constantine’, the angel Gabriel was played by a woman, Academy Award winner Tilda Swinton.................
I think that is beczuse some feel that angels have no single sex- that they are a mix of both sexes.
I so admire the creativity of these artists.
Beautiful statue at #2
#14 is by an unknown 15th c. Spanish artist
Reni, West, Bermejo, David are some favorite.
#24 very original
In #35, Blake projects well all the intensity of the fight
“...that they are a mix of both sexes.”
God gave them masculine names for a reason. He created two genders, male and female. No gender “fluidity” in his creation.
Such an enormous subject, Alba! Your comment raises in me the interplay between the artists' minds and the Holy Spirit, at least for those who were open to His promptings. What fun it must be for God to watch--and to help--as they, and we, create.
Creating is, I think, one of life's chief joys. God loves to create, and He made us in His image. So, once He resumes creating in an eighth day, I suspect He will have us collaborate with Him, perhaps by delegating to us minor details in His new designs. What a joy!
Daniel Mitsui illustrates scenes from the Bible in the traditional Japanese style. He also does lovely medieval-style illuminations.
"St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be thou our safeguard against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly Host, by the power of God cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who prowl throughout the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen."
Odd that, in my extensive and far-reaching searches, I’ve never seen even one of Mitsui’s works. If this one is representative, they are very worthy of inclusion. Thanks for the lead.
He desires to make artwork that is faithful to tradition yet strikingly original, and vigorously medieval in spirit. He draws much of his inspiration from Gothic illuminated manuscripts, panel paintings, and tapestries. Most of his artwork is religious in subject.
Emphasis added
My daughter is very fond of all things Japanese (her best friend and maid of honor at her wedding did a diplomatic program in Japan - if you teach English in a remote village for a certain number of years, you can earn a master's degree from a Japanese University. Her friend is of course fluent in Japanese. She said the coolest thing about it all is that if you take an advanced degree from a Japanese school, your academic robes are KIMONO!)
So I have given her several of his Japanese-print-style drawings and prints - St. Michael, the Wedding at Cana . . . I prefer his medieval-style illuminations, so have his Adoration of the Magi.
True- was just stating what some folks preach, and ehat artists may have been taught when they made angels appear feminine and masculine at same time.
Here is one of his medieval-style illuminations - I have this one. There's a lot going on in the margins (which is so typical of medieval art. The borders are a commentary on the main scene):
Fantastic!
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