"From 1456 to 1459, Mantegna devoted himself to the monumental altarpiece commissioned by Gregorio Correr, abbot of the Benedictine monastery of San Zeno in Verona."
(Click to enlarge and see many amazing details. I especially like the specificity in the faces and demeanor of the roused soldiers and the stylized radiations surrounding Jesus.)
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Again with the flag.
I want stylized nipples on my armor.
Now that's a striking painting!
And the abs. Apparently, Hell was the first Gold's Gym.
I see disgust, dread, horror on the faces. ?
I'm Baaaack !
Poor Soldiers. He just told them that he wants his fancy, woven in one piece, super Robe that Mary Magdalyn gave him, back right now.
But they do all look like the Media Pundits early Wednesday November 9, 2017 when Wisconsin had just been called for Trump.
On Wisconsin!
Where'd he get that flag, anyway?
Those faces say: OMG.
Seems to be quite a racially diverse army.
I thought God hated flags?
Jesus, he’s ripped!
The resurrections of Titian and Caravaggio also show the risen Christ holding the flag.
What’s the meaning of the white and red cherubs?
Everybody gets stylized nipples on their armor in Heaven.
It's possible that each soldier there is a portrait of some person concerned with the commission.
That was quite common, and persisted for hundreds of years.
Stylized nipples were typical, pretty much standard features of the Greco-Roman "muscle" cuirass.
Statues of noble Romans in military garb would have these.
Early Renaissance.Leonardo was born in 1452.
The greatest bargain in painting history is his Salvator Mundi, painted in 1500.
It was purchased for $10,000 in 2005 in an auction in the US. It sold in 2017, after restoration , for $450 million.
That was a ridiculous price, specially since they coyldnt identify it as being leonardo's.
Reading just now at Mons Pope's blog, I see that Duccio has given his Christ (1308-1311?) a banner with a white cross against a red ground.
A Wikipedia writer suggests that these artists are giving the Risen Christ, victorious by means of His Cross, the Constantinian victory banner ('in hoc signo vinces').
della Francesca's Jesus has an even more impressive six-pack. And a facial expression that says, I've suffered for these abs.
('in hoc signo vinces').
Which also appeared on packs of Pall Malls.
Well he was a carpenter, spent three years mostly in the outdoors in some of the more inhospitable areas of the levant, there was the matter of the 40 days and nights fast, he likely had a strong constitution.
Who is Jesus giving the finger to?
"Again with the flag…"
I was going to comment on that but my googling didn't turn up any good answers. Where did Jesus get his Resurrection flag? etc.
"I want stylized nipples on my armor."
Speaking of Superman in that other post, remember the Val Kilmer Batman with nipples on his suit?
"One of the regular sticks used to beat Joel Schumacher's pair of Batman films with was the decision to put nipples on the Batsuit worn by Val Kilmer in Batman Forever. In a big interview piece to promote the film just prior to its release, Jim Carrey - who played The Riddler in the movie - recalled that "it pissed off Bob Kane." The late Bob Kane, the co-creator (with Bill Finger) of Batman. "Bob Kane was walking around going 'I never put nipples on a Batsuit. Whoever heard of nipples on the Batsuit?'... Director Joel Schumacher... said that "Bob Kane doesn't understand why Chris O'Donnell [Robin] has an earring and Batman has nipples. I told him 'it's the 90s, Bob! Pumped up!' Schumacher added that "I wanted a very sexy, very sensual, very body-hugging suit. It's my Gotham City, and if I want Batman to have nipples, he's going to have nipples!"
"Now that's a striking painting!"
I had 4 Resurrection paintings (from Wikipedia) and I had a definite preference, but I ran them by Meade thinking he would pick the same one. He did not. Like you, he picked the Mantegna. I picked the Piero della Francesca.
"And the abs. Apparently, Hell was the first Gold's Gym."
Prisoners.
"Stylized nipples were typical, pretty much standard features of the Greco-Roman "muscle" cuirass."
True!
"A Wikipedia writer suggests that these artists are giving the Risen Christ, victorious by means of His Cross, the Constantinian victory banner ('in hoc signo vinces')."
Thanks!
"('in hoc signo vinces'). Which also appeared on packs of Pall Malls."
LOL. True!!
Reading just now at Mons Pope's blog, I see that Duccio has given his Christ (1308-1311?) a banner with a white cross against a red ground
Notice too how Christ strikes at the head of the serpent (cf. Gen 3:15)
Again with the flag.
Isaiah 11 --
A shoot will come up from the stump of Jesse*; from his roots a Branch will bear fruit. The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him -- the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of might, the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord —- and he will delight in the fear of the Lord.
He will not judge by what he sees with his eyes, or decide by what he hears with his ears; but with righteousness he will judge the needy, with justice he will give decisions for the poor of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked. Righteousness will be his belt and faithfulness the sash around his waist.
The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling[a] together; and a little child will lead them. The cow will feed with the bear, their young will lie down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox. The infant will play near the cobra’s den, and the young child will put its hand into the viper’s nest.
They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain, for the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.
In that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples; the nations will rally to him, and his resting place will be glorious. In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the surviving remnant of his people from Assyria, from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt, from Cush, from Elam, from Babylonia, from Hamath and from the islands of the Mediterranean.
He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; he will assemble the scattered people of Judah from the four quarters of the earth.
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* The "Root of Jesse" has long been interpreted to mean Jesus.
And that 'raise a banner' in Isaias 11 is levabit signum in nationes in the Vulgate, signum being both 'sign' or 'symbol' and 'military banner'.
"... but with righteousness he will judge the needy, with justice he will give decisions for the poor of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked. Righteousness will be his belt..."
Sounds like a teenage social justice warrior.
Alas, the Duccio I saw, I misidentified-- it was 'Christ descended into Hell', not risen. There may be an iconographic reason for white on red instead of red on white in the banner but, eh, no idea.
Let us be careful to distinguish righteousness and self-righteousness. :-)
Is this a cafe post with an Easter theme? I'll take license, and ask forgiveness later.
We recently visited Edinburgh, and I was surprised to hear it pronounced Edin-boro. Over 60 years of age, and I had never reconciled the spelling with the pronunciation. Great 3 day visit! We toured the Castle, met up with Adam Smith, and dined at the Deacon Brodie Pub. We toured the Highlands by bus including Doune Castle where Brave Sir Arthur galloped with coconuts.
I also noticed that there were no trash barrels in the train stations. Allah Akbar!
He is risen !
All of the bridges crossing the Thames have significant automobile traps on the pedestrian walk ways.
We recently visited Edinburgh, and I was surprised to hear it pronounced Edin-boro
There's nothing more dreary
Than a day in Dun Laoghaire.
One should always avoid a
Weekend in Drogheda.
Easter story, director's cut
Alternate ending
Than a day in Dun Laoghaire.
Since I read/watch Outlander, I know that Laoghaire is pronounced "Lerry"
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