"Herbert Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > Given that lutenists' musical literature was contemporary with these paintings, > perhaps one > may ask here how a modern person can understand the esthetics which produced these > paintings.
I shall make a cautious attempt. Please, note: not a sermon, but an attempted explanation of symbols. First, there is the creed that Christ died for our sins (i. e. for us, atoning for our sins) and was resurrected on the third day according to the Scriptures (1 Cor 15). Second, there were Gospels which spell out this creed in telling about the life of Christ (Gospels are not biographies but elaborated creeds). The Gospels according to Matthew and Luke in particular elaborate the creed as regards Christ's infancy: Even as a newborn child, Christ shared human condition (born *outside*) on his way to cause man's forthcoming redemption (Matthew has foreign, i. e. heathen, astrologers worshipping the Saviour, whereas Luke has the heavenly hosts singing of God's gracious choice to now send the Redeemer). That is why on old Europe's religious paintings that little child on Mary's arm isn't actually a sweet little stinky and harmless baby but Christ who delivers entire man from the curse of sin. -- Best wishes, Mathias Mathias Roesel, Grosze Annenstrasze 5, 28199 Bremen, Deutschland/ Germany, T/F +49 - 421 - 165 49 97, Fax +49 1805 060 334 480 67, E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] , [EMAIL PROTECTED] , [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Wanted: The City's Best" (Jeremiah 29:7) Ecumenical Stadtkirchentag of Bremen September 19-26! http://www.stadtkirchentag-bremen.de To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
