My memories are from the late '78-'79 era.
I seem to remember seeing pictures of a
monk up high on a ladder painting some of the
iconic murals. I was impressed at the time and
still am but I can't find picts of the wall icons on
the net either. That is typical among the Orthodox
since they feel
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, emptybill emptybill@... wrote:
My memories are from the late '78-'79 era.
I seem to remember seeing pictures of a
monk up high on a ladder painting some of the
iconic murals. I was impressed at the time and
still am but I can't find picts of the wall
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My memories are from the late '78-'79 era.
I seem to remember seeing pictures of a
monk up high on a ladder painting some of the
iconic murals. I was
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snip
They make reproductions at the monastery; you can
order them. You can see smallish photos of the
icons available here (see menu on the left for the
Sometimes spectacular sacred art is just in the backyard.
Holy Trinity Monastery, Jordanville, NY
http://www.jordanville.org/public/sv/gallery.php?ssid=275
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thx, looks like a powerful Shakti-filled place. Hope they get more than the 10
min twice a day for meals offered the Mt. Athos Monks:
http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/090/cache/mount-athos_9080_600x450.jpg
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On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 8:38 PM, emptybill emptyb...@yahoo.com 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
I grew up going RC, Greek and Russian Orthodox churches. One of
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
http://iconreader.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/resurrection2.jpg?w=296h=\
450
http://iconreader.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/resurrection2.jpg?w=296h\
=450
As in many Western paintings of the resurrection, Jesus is shown as a
three-dimensional man, somehow outside of the tomb and independent of
it.
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http://iconreader.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/resurrection2.jpg?w=296h=\
450
http://iconreader.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/resurrection2.jpg?w=296h\
=450
As in many Western paintings of the resurrection, Jesus is
shown
Thanks for the link to this spectacular iconographic mural.
I've never seen picts of this church so I'll try and look it up.
Again, thanks for the link.
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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
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But if you look closely, you'll see that the artist has rather
ingeniously indicated that something extraordinary is taking place.
Can
you see how he did it?
Luca Signoreili, Resurrection,
detailhttp://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/great-works/si\
gnorelli-luca-the-resurrection-of-the-flesh-c1500-850703.html
http://tinyurl.com/3f8zw8m
Some authorities specified that everyone would resurrect at the age of
33.
Resurrected bodies have four
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(Leg still in process of Resurrection)
grin Well, that's one way of putting it. I had a slightly different
way in mind. Let's see if anybody else takes a stab at it.
Here it is again:
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(RAVI, another contest...)
Lots of artists have painted the Resurrection. I find their different
takes fascinating. (Click the URLs to see bigger reproductions.)
The paintings fall basically into two categories. In the
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merudanda no_reply@... wrote:
Luca Signoreili, Resurrection,
detailhttp://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/great-works/si\
\
gnorelli-luca-the-resurrection-of-the-flesh-c1500-850703.html
http://tinyurl.com/3f8zw8m
Some authorities specified
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snip
But if you look closely, you'll see that the artist has rather
ingeniously indicated that something extraordinary is taking
place. Can you see how
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thought of Luca Signoreili Signorelli imagines us directly rising
through the surface of the earth, like worms
http://tinyurl.com/3f8zw8m
to be 33 y againhmm like a virgin..tempting
Almost looks as though the angel is
http://www.backtoclassics.com/gallery/lucasignorelli/resurrectionofthefl\
esh-detail/
http://tinyurl.com/3t9dtj4
Luca Signorelli. The Hell. Fresco. 1499-1502. Orvieto Cathedral, San
Brizio Chapel, Orvieto, Italy.
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Weird pics in the granite Tuomio-kirkko (Doom[sic!] church) right
next to the house I live in:
http://www.google.fi/search?hl=fibiw=1333bih=752site=searchtbm=ischsa=1q=tampereen+tuomiokirkkoaq=faqi=g1aql=oq=
http://tinyurl.com/43uk5mm
Amongst them A Wounded Angel, Garden of Death and
It looked like any other Yashiva prank. 'cept in this one the rebs in
training at Jerusalem Y got out of hand. They got liquored up on leftover
Passover wine and decided to relocate his body to the dining room of the
temple's chief priest.Problem is they only got halfway when they heard a
Not too good at this, the only thing of significance is the 2 fingers raised
upwards.
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(RAVI, another contest...)
Lots of artists have painted the Resurrection. I find their different
takes fascinating. (Click the URLs to
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Not too good at this, the only thing of significance is the 2 fingers
raised upwards.
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snip
But if you look closely, you'll see that the artist has rather
On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 6:02 PM, authfriend jst...@panix.com wrote:
I love the subtlety. The painting is so subdued; he's sort of quietly
sneaking out without any fuss, no angels with trumpets, no glorious light,
the guards fast asleep, no sign of anything supernatural occurring--until
you
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