In a message dated 2/22/2008 12:23:30 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Feb 22, 2008, at 5:27 AM, Mary + Doug Piero Carey wrote: > There is a very interesting book called _The Square Halo and other > Mysteries of Western Art: images and the stories that inspired > them_ by Sallie Fisher. I'll second that endorsement. A delightful book and very useful: it explains a _lot_ of cryptic scenes in medieval paintings, and does so with a sense of humor. ********************* Hmmmmm.... I have to check this out. This is a little OT but... Y'know one of my fave artists is Francisco de Zurbaran. He must have painted every saint there was at the time [and some of the most bored and "I'm over it" looking putti ever]. I mean... how many paintings of St Rufina are there? _http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/arts/painting/religious-paint/christ-sain t/rufina/zurbaran22.jpg_ (http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/arts/painting/religious-paint/christ-saint/rufina/zurbaran22.jpg) Notice how the painting is almost a costume plate. And his daring use of dangerous color combinations. He's Spanish so the canvases reek of mystic symbolism. In the Saint's portraits there is always a symbol of their martyrdom...sometimes being carried on a silver tray by the saint, like St. Agatha, who's breasts were cut off by her tormentors. Here she is with them on a tray, like 2 Jell-o molds! _http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/z/zurbaran/1/index.html_ (http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/z/zurbaran/1/index.html) His more famous paintings are of St Margaret [further down the page of the last link]...talk about a costume plate! And a moving rendering of St Serapion. _http://artchive.com/artchive/z/zurbaran/zurbaran_serapion.jpg_ (http://artchive.com/artchive/z/zurbaran/zurbaran_serapion.jpg) He also does oddly compelling still-lifes.[still-lives?] **************Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living. (http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/ 2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598) _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
