Embarrassing Mormon Moment

[_Kishkumen]

Some more Jesus that I like:


Christ in Silence by Odilon Redon

That one is really cool.

[_Blixa]

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.

[_zeezrom]

Blixa!

From the link you posted:

This is beautiful.

[_Blixa]

Blixa!

From the link you posted:

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.)

[_Morley]

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.

[_zeezrom]

Blixa!

From the link you posted:

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!

[_zeezrom]

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.

Never seen this one before. Thank you!

[_madeleine]

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.

Still my favorite Dali.

[_madeleine]

Blixa!

From the link you posted:

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:


reminds me of a prayer contemplation: "Imagining Jesus sitting or standing by me, I speak out my feelings, as one trusted friend to another"

[_Darth J]

All this talk about religious art reminds me of the various ways people have depicted the Last Supper: