Wow. Is that lavish environment typical of Eastern Orthodox monasticism? They must be well funded.
I wish there were more closeups of the actual art. I looked through the Web site trying to find something about it, but zilch. Is it contemporary, do you know? Or is it a collection from the Old Country? Or reproductions made at the monastery? Sure looks like it would be worth a visit. Thanks for the link! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "emptybill" <emptybill@...> wrote: > > 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. > > >
