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Post by Tara on Sept 23, 2006 0:40:03 GMT -5
What do you think of this art piece? clickWhat were your first thoughts?
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Post by teancum79 on Sept 23, 2006 12:01:54 GMT -5
My initial impression was the lack of accuracy in his personal appearance.
While Jesus was not as bleached white as the typical European his was not of Negro decent and would not be nearly that dark. Also he would not have had a shaved face.
I am kind of picky like this with art (not sure why) I was a painting of Mary in a beautiful purple robe and a baby Jesus crawling on the floor. The first thought that struck my mind was even if they sold all the stuff the wise men brought there is no way she could afford that robe.
All in all it is a very nice painting and while I don't get the black feather thing the robe symbolism mentioned in the article is cool.
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Post by Tara on Sept 25, 2006 0:51:21 GMT -5
Well, from what I've learned about religious symbolism, feathers would normally mean messages from the divine or a gift from the divine.
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Post by teancum79 on Sept 25, 2006 8:50:44 GMT -5
Okay, so overall a rather cool concept.
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