Posted on 10/18/2022 6:02:57 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6
ENCOURAGEMENT FOR APPRECIATING AND APPLYING GOD'S WORD |
CHAPTER 2
1 CAMILLO FILIPPI "Adoration of the Shepherds" Typical title 2 FRANCESCO FONTEBASSO 3 ANTON RAPHAEL MENGS 4 GIUSEPPE BARTOLOMEO CHIARI 5 ALESSANDRO TURCHI 6 PIETRO TESTA Source 7 BERNARDO STROZZI 8 GEORGES DE LA TOUR Source 9 BARTOLOME ESTEBAN MURILLO Source 10 JOHANN HEISS Source 11 PETER PAUL RUBENS Source 12 PETER PAUL RUBENS Source 13 MATTHIAS STOMER Source 14 MATTHIAS STOMER Source 15 GUIDO RENI Source 16 GUIDO RENI Source 17 GUIDO RENI Source 18 Detail 19 GUIDO RENI Source 20 LUIS DE MORALES Source 21 ABRAHAM BLOEMAERT Source 22 GERRIT VAN HONTHORST Source 23 GERRIT VAN HONTHORST Source 24 GERRIT VAN HONTHORST Source 25 PEDRO ORRENTE Source 26 GIUSEPPE VERMIGLIO Source 27 BARTOLOMEO BASSANTE Source 28 BONIFAZIO VERONESE Source 29 ANTONIO BALESTRA Source 30 JOACHIM WTEWAEL Source 31 ANTOINE and LOUIS LE NAIN Source 32 PIETER DE GREBBER Source 33 BERNARDO CAVALLINO Source 34 GIACOMO CAVEDONE Source 35 LIVIO MEHUS Source 36 MARCO BENEFIAL Source 37 LOUIS CRETEY Source 38 TINTORETTO Source 39 LUCA SIGNORELLI Source 40 JEAN MICHELIN Source 41 GASPARE TRAVERSI Source 42 JAN BOECKHORST Source 43 DOMENICO GHIRLANDAIO Source 44 BARTOLOME ESTEBAN MURILLO Source 45 PHILIPPE DE CHAMPAIGNE "The Adoration of the Shepherds" 46 DOMENICHINO Source 47 GIOVANNI LANFRANCO Source 48 MATTHAUS WALLBAUM Source |
Like I said, I think these works were meant to be examined.
For a long long time.
In fact, I think it was a 'given' that they would be.
Based on what we've personally observed in our own (short) time frames, how much of a decrease in attention-spans have you noticed?
What do you think the attention-spans were hundreds of years ago?
That was the milieu in which these works, these beautiful works were made.
I can show you dozens of painters who show Cain striking down Abel, but only Tissot thinks to show manly, dominant Cain dragging younger, frailer, innocent Abel to his doom.
Only Tissot shows John and Peter on the edge of the tomb, peering inside.
Only Tissot shows Jesus' view from the cross.
Perhaps, too, more thought was given before mouths were engaged, giving more reason for prolonged attention.
On the subject of differences in eras, I expect you will heartily enjoy this comedians' rendition of Three Little Pigs as it would have sounded in Shakespeare's time.
“If I may, I would commend to you Tissot’s and Doré’s variety—that is, they (especially Tissot) illustrate aspects of these incidents no one else thinks of.”
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Dan, I’m going to make an ‘image study’ of both.
But you’re right; most artists depict an incident as seen ‘from standing right in front’.
But what happened just before, or some time afterward? Or from the top of the cross, as His muscles spasmed to push up for His final breath...
Could His agony be truly portrayed? “Passion of the Christ” did a good job, but terribly hard to watch.
Yes. I’ve seen that. It’s great! Very creative & funny.
LOL LOLOLOL Very Funnie Stuff Dan, and quite true also.
The Passion of the Pigs.
You are welcome and thank you for your kind words.
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