tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post359443680923598122..comments2024-02-11T03:50:53.613-05:00Comments on Counterlight's Peculiars: The Isenheim AltarpieceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-83136481298038078732014-04-12T07:34:56.823-04:002014-04-12T07:34:56.823-04:00I actually agree JCF. I used the word "lurid...I actually agree JCF. I used the word "lurid" quite deliberately when I talked about the Isenheim crucifixion. I much prefer all the exhilaration and weirdness of the interior panels.Counterlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345956180434795401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-18005916935283663922014-04-12T07:31:57.407-04:002014-04-12T07:31:57.407-04:00Remarkable! I too had the AIDS crisis in the back...Remarkable! I too had the AIDS crisis in the back of my mind while writing this.Counterlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345956180434795401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-43868526183171110202014-04-11T17:01:20.204-04:002014-04-11T17:01:20.204-04:00Thank you! I have been wanting to learn more about...Thank you! I have been wanting to learn more about the Isenheim Altarpiece. Very instructive -- and inspiring too.<br /><br />It also speaks to AIDS patients with Kaposi's sarcoma... before the drug cocktails provided some relief.Kittredge Cherryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02617858676733169316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-21956503437267502332014-04-11T16:58:29.828-04:002014-04-11T16:58:29.828-04:00Hoo boy, I botched my last line.
"...but I l...Hoo boy, I botched my last line.<br /><br />"...but I love the Grunewald <b><i>resurrection</i></b> just about every bit as much as I don't like the crucifixion." <br /><br />Yes, I love Grunewald's ***Resurrection***---seems *centuries* ahead of its time! [Sort of a "dawning of the Age of Aquarius" risen Christ?]<br /><br />Thanks again.JCFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14516376500318551838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-86071487238647555672014-04-11T07:52:02.591-04:002014-04-11T07:52:02.591-04:00Dr. Phillip Fehl, the great art historian, always ...Dr. Phillip Fehl, the great art historian, always said that a person who gains or loses faith because of any work of art has a very shallow and superficial faith.<br /><br />In my religious art, I prefer less theology and more humanity and feeling. Perhaps this is why I remain drawn to Renaissance and Baroque art, which I contend was always more religious than people assumed (just as medieval art -- including Byzantine art -- was always more secular than people usually assume). One was never really all that more spiritual than the other. One was just more abstract than the other.<br /><br />And the Word was made Flesh and dwelt among us full of Grace and Truth, and that flesh has borne our sorrows and carried our afflictions.<br /><br /><br />Counterlighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14345956180434795401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-47366451582999229982014-04-11T04:25:32.443-04:002014-04-11T04:25:32.443-04:00"schoolboy"!"schoolboy"!Lapinbizarrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07686990585795363001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-24790426904400977592014-04-11T04:25:04.003-04:002014-04-11T04:25:04.003-04:00Fine post on a complex art work that has been an i...Fine post on a complex art work that has been an ingrained facet of my cultural awareness (let's not get too carried away here, now!) since I encountered it as a schoolbo. Thank you, Doug.Lapinbizarrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07686990585795363001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2343439372519556254.post-33254420626040818112014-04-11T02:04:15.082-04:002014-04-11T02:04:15.082-04:00I first became aware of Grunewald's Crucifixio...I first became aware of Grunewald's Crucifixion in the context of book on Byzantine icons. As you may imagine, the book was critical: "this is the essence of what's wrong w/ Western sacred art", in short. It also made me think of a quote by Dosteyevsky (actually about Holbein's Christ Entombed), "this could make one lose one's faith."<br /><br />Ergo, it's ironic to read that it's use in the hospice was to PREVENT patients from losing their faith! :-0<br /><br />I do think this is all subjective, however. I don't think the Grunewald painting can make one lose OR keep one's faith. I can respect the artistry of the painting---and the faith behind it---while still preferring my icons!<br /><br />...but I love the Grunewald crucifixion just about every bit as much as I don't like the crucifixion. FWIW.<br /><br />Thanks, Doug.JCFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14516376500318551838noreply@blogger.com