Sometimes spectacular sacred art is just in the backyard. Holy Trinity Monastery, Jordanville, NY http://www.jordanville.org/public/sv/gallery.php?ssid=275
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@...> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill" emptybill@ wrote: > > > > Thanks for the link to this spectacular iconographic mural. > > Isn't that something? I wasn't familiar with that particular > piece of iconography, of Christ pulling Adam and Eve out of > their graves, but I just read up on it a bit. It's not common > in Western Christian art except in representations of the > Harrowing of Hell, in between Christ's death and resurrection, > and there the focus is on hell rather than the risen Christ. > Eastern Christian art combines the two but with the emphasis > on the resurrected Christ. > > Apparently the Eastern iconography requires that Christ > grasp Adam and Eve by their wrists rather than taking their > hands, to highlight that they play no role in their > redemption; it's all Christ's doing. > > Oh, man, do a Yahoo image search for "Harrowing of Hell." > There are some real beauties (including a bunch of the > Anastasis type like the the one I linked to, either by > the same artist or by his imitators, very similar style, > slightly different compositions, all gorgeous). > > Here's a marvelous "Hellmouth" one from an English miniature: > > http://molcat1.bl.uk/IllImages/NOF/mid/011ARU000000157U0001100a.jpg > > Well, I could do this all night, but I'll spare you. > > > I've never seen picts of this church so I'll try and look it up. > > The whole interior is covered in art. Most of it is mosaics. > The church was turned into a mosque at one point and it was > all plastered over, so a lot of the works are pretty badly > damaged. Wikipedia has a good list of what's there, but not > much *about* the art. I'd never seen any of it until I > looked up the Anastasis fresco. A trip to Turkey probably > isn't in the cards for me, but boy, I'd love to see the > place. >
