Embarrassing Mormon Moment

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zeezrom wrote:Some more Jesus that I like:

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Christ in Silence by Odilon Redon


That one is really cool.
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zeezrom wrote:Image
Jesus Ministered to by Angels by James Tissot


This is a particular favorite of mine as I've seen it in person. The Brooklyn Museum holds the entirety of Tissot's illustration of the Life of Christ. There was a gorgeous show of them a few years ago.
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Blixa!

From the link you posted: Image

This is beautiful.
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zeezrom wrote:Blixa!

From the link you posted: Image

This is beautiful.


If you ever come to Brooklyn, I can call ahead and request a private viewing of some of these. I bet we could get a look at some Blake, too, if we made arrangements far enough in advance and I invented a plausible enough scholarly need. (I've still yet to have Blake's The Red Dragon shown to me. I have to do that before I leave Brooklyn.)
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Doing The Last Supper, it should be required to add Salvador Dali’s The Sacrament of the Last Supper. This depiction doesn't do it justice. Maybe the best Dali, ever.

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Blixa wrote:
zeezrom wrote:Blixa!

From the link you posted: Image

This is beautiful.


If you ever come to Brooklyn, I can call ahead and request a private viewing of some of these. I bet we could get a look at some Blake, too, if we made arrangements far enough in advance and I invented a plausible enough scholarly need. (I've still yet to have Blake's The Red Dragon shown to me. I have to do that before I leave Brooklyn.)

Omg, Blixa - what a treat that would be!
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Morley wrote:Doing The Last Supper, it should be required to add Salvador Dali’s The Sacrament of the Last Supper. This depiction doesn't do it justice. Maybe the best Dali, ever.

Image

Never seen this one before. Thank you!
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Morley wrote:Doing The Last Supper, it should be required to add Salvador Dali’s The Sacrament of the Last Supper. This depiction doesn't do it justice. Maybe the best Dali, ever.

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Still my favorite Dali.
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Blixa wrote:
zeezrom wrote:Blixa!

From the link you posted: Image

This is beautiful.


If you ever come to Brooklyn, I can call ahead and request a private viewing of some of these. I bet we could get a look at some Blake, too, if we made arrangements far enough in advance and I invented a plausible enough scholarly need. (I've still yet to have Blake's The Red Dragon shown to me. I have to do that before I leave Brooklyn.)


This:
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reminds me of a prayer contemplation: "Imagining Jesus sitting or standing by me, I speak out my feelings, as one trusted friend to another"
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All this talk about religious art reminds me of the various ways people have depicted the Last Supper:

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