It occurs to me that these paintings, etc., are what essentially amounts to tv or movies (for their time)...iow, they were meant to be studied and analyzed - to a far more serious degree than I ever realized before. If for nothing else, thanks for that Dan & (((everyone))).
As I've learned the significance of clothing/style relative to the time & culture & that it has symbolic meaning...I wonder what the 'onesies' in #10 are. (?)
This group of works is jarring (#8 is uuuhhhhgggleee). For all its economy and starkness, #10, Fra Angelico is almost the worst to me...the spittle, the stick-holder pushing down on the crown of thorns. There's so much to see in that 'spare' work. Mary's one hand to her cheek, the other rising in resignation/acceptance. Just wow.
The genius of Tissot in #2? Yeah, he paints us as the judges.
Tissot also got the size of the Sanhedrin right in #2, about 70 members.
Those “onesies” in #10 were probably undergarments. I have seen medieval paintings of laborers wearing these types of breeches while working the fields in the hot sun. These breeches varied in length and were closed with a drawstring or belt at the waist. In this particular painting I wonder if beating Jesus in your underwear was an additional insult.
“It occurs to me that these paintings, etc., are what essentially amounts to tv or movies (for their time)...iow, they were meant to be studied and analyzed - to a far more serious degree than I ever realized before. If for nothing else, thanks for that Dan & (((everyone))).”
Yes, I agree and I thank Dan & everyone for pouring your attention into these threads. Some years ago my daughter took an art appreciation class and I learned EVERYTHING in a painting is intentional and has a purpose. Knowing the cultural setting of the painter and his patron and the specific reason for it makes everything clearer. Artists also put in ‘Easter eggs’, surprises for attentive and discerning viewers.