James Tissot’s The Life of Christ |
Posted on 07/25/2023 6:38:26 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6
James Tissot’s The Life of Christ |
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“The Adulterous Woman—Christ Writing upon the Ground”..........looks like a bench seat..................
He brings the viewers in, he makes the events come alive, we are there with the crowds, listening, in awe...
Yep
He imagined having been there and what it would have looked and felt like, and then he delivered that to us.
May God bless and keep James Tissot, and May God bless and keep you for posting these beautiful works of art!
Amen!
Lovely sentiments. Thank you!
Very interesting.
One of those long time 'topics of debate' in religious circles is *what* he may have been writing on the ground [γη - earth, soil], a word which isn't used for "field".
Yet Tissot’s depiction appears to be some kind of bench or step platform, as though the ground wasn't the soil but rather a writing field.
If the bench wasn't covered in soil, nothing of the writing would have been 'visible.'
Yet in the midst of the questions and theories is the simple meaning that connects the word to the account and the various debates:
"What on earth was he writing?!"
The writing surface become immaterial, but then again, the painting inspires as-is because...
What's the usual scenario for when a seat has something written on it? It's a very important event. The special seats have the paper taped on them that says, "Reserved".
Those not worthy get the message and know to walk away. 🤔
What’s the usual scenario for when a seat has something written on it?
WET PAINT...................
Haha, yeah throw that park bench in the mix.
This is “The Bible In Paintings” after all.
This is a really fun thinking excercise. Thanks!
If the seat had been wet with paint that’s how he could write on it, and paint pigments were made from grinding the various earth elements, so that’s a two-fer.
Well three because people are supposed to see a “wet paint” sign and know to walk away.
The key is not in skills (tactics) of debate, but in sharing observations.
All in good fun.
Analogy-world spills out all over the place. I never know what will connect to what, or when. Happens all the time though.
I sure miss Daffy. She’d have something excellent to contribute. Well, I have to figure that the services of her happy soul were required elsewhere at this time, for a higher purpose.
The fundamental realities of that situation collided upon Jesus. She had blatantly broken the commandment against adultery. The mob was blatantly breaking the commandment to love others as self. Surely, Jesus was fully aware of human sinfulness at that moment--and of their desperate need for a savior.
My guess is that Jesus wrote something related to the need of the moment, that the mob needed to apply their self-love to her, while He and the Holy Spirit were collaborating on his challenge to the stoners.
We don’t know what on earth he wrote, but we know *that* he wrote, as if he didn’t hear their Gotcha! line of questioning.
Imagine having to navigate though a sea of reporters from “the most trusted name in news” day in and day out.
I've seen that same misguided zeal here on FR in abundance. And those reporters are "full of it".
Greetings Dan, and an appreciative ‘hello’ to all. Greatly enjoy this rousing discussion.
As you said Dan, we see more and more as we study Tissot’s work; many are enjoying his paintings here.
Have a question which is much less important than what the Savior wrote:
#158 : are those drains in the middle of the courtyard? Or tile decorations? If drains, I’ve never seen such used like this, as it was expensive and would entail greater design planning, expense and execution.
Dan, etabeta, Mr Ezekiel? Maybe someone who’s traveled there...
Thank you Dan.
Don’t know whether they’re functional—drains—or decorative. I do know that Tissot visited Israel and that his paintings evince an obvious respect for first-century Jewish architecture and building.
“... his paintings evince an obvious respect for first-century Jewish architecture and building.”
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You’re right Dan; I love the way he portrays the people, their clothing, buildings and landscapes.
thanks
I needed this
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