Saturday? Find an exhibit!

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.