I love St. Margaret's bag. It's uncannily like the "Greek shepherds' bags"
which we all carried our books in when I was a student in the early 70s.
Kate
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Message: 10
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:36:00 EST
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [h-cost] understanding paintings of Saints
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In a message dated 2/22/2008 12:23:30 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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?]
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2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598)
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Message: 11
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:53:06 -0700
From: Saragrace Knauf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: [h-cost] OT a farewell.
To: Historical Costume <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Yeah, with all the period/regional specific email lists, I find that I too may
be signing out....
Sg
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