Saturday? Find an exhibit!

Posted on 22 August 2009 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I am at the Minneapolis Institute of Art to see an exhibit of Pre-Raphaelite paintings.

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14 Responses to Saturday? Find an exhibit!

  1. Rachel says:
    22 August 2009 at 12:20 pm

    I’d love to see that. The Pre-Raphaelite movement was practically the last gasp of real art.

  2. Vincenzo says:
    22 August 2009 at 12:24 pm

    Wish I could see it too. Please post more photos if you can.

  3. kmart says:
    22 August 2009 at 1:57 pm

    You say you’re there for the art, but I know you just wanted to see the tornado damage for yourself.

  4. Cathy_of_Alex says:
    22 August 2009 at 2:44 pm

    Fr: A group of local bloggers is going the evening of September 3rd if you want to go again and are in town you’d be most welcome.

  5. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf says:
    22 August 2009 at 3:05 pm

    Pretty good exhibit. The MIA has a good general collection as well.

  6. John Enright says:
    22 August 2009 at 3:24 pm

    Would love to see it, but I’ve never been anyplace but Philadelphia, my beloved hometown, with the exception of Pittsburgh, but I have no idea why I went there! LOL!

  7. Girgadis says:
    22 August 2009 at 6:23 pm

    The image of Chris knocking is one of my favorites. I’m glad you included it here.

  8. Girgadis says:
    22 August 2009 at 6:24 pm

    Sorry, Christ.

  9. Sacristymaiden says:
    22 August 2009 at 6:37 pm

    Nice pictures!
    The second picture from the bottom, what is it and who is it by? It looks intriguing.

  10. laurazim says:
    22 August 2009 at 11:43 pm

    Ooohhh….you’ve whetted this home schooling Mama’s appetite for a road trip. Perhaps my dearlings and I will have to tour some midwest museums this year! Thanks for the peek, Father. As always, know of our prayers.

  11. Greg Smisek says:
    23 August 2009 at 12:14 pm

    Sacristymaiden:
    It’s William Holman Hunt’s foreshadowing (literally) of the Crucifixion. From Wikipedia:

    The Shadow of Death is a religious painting by William Holman Hunt, on which he worked from 1870 to 1873, after his second trip to the Holy Land. It depicts Jesus as a young man prior to his ministry, working as a carpenter. He is shown stretching his arms after sawing wood. The shadow of his outstretched arms falls on a wooden spar on which carpentry tools hang, creating a “shadow of death” prefiguring the crucifixion. His mother Mary is depicted from behind, gazing up at the shadow, having been looking into a box in which she has kept the gifts given by the Magi.

    I would also point out the tools on the wall (which form the “gibbet”) also foreshadow the instruments (arms) of the Passion.

    That, or our Lord is introducing a new liturgical dance move.

    More on the exhibit, including a slideshow of paintings here. It’s definitely an exhibit worth seeing if it comes to your neck of the woods.

  12. mrsmontoya says:
    23 August 2009 at 5:58 pm

    Father, I’m glad you were able to get out and see this – good stuff for your soul.

  13. Sacristymaiden says:
    23 August 2009 at 6:09 pm

    Greg Smisek, thanks!

  14. irishgirl says:
    24 August 2009 at 3:43 pm

    I know that first painting-’The Light of the World’, by William Holman Hunt. A copy of it-I believe-hangs in St. Paul’s Cathedral, London.

    I’ve also seen the second painting-it was in a book I remembered borrowing from the local library a long time ago: ‘Christ in the Fine Arts’. There was also a companion volume, ‘Mary in the Fine Arts’. I think they were both written by the same author, Cynthia Pearl Maas.