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As in many Western paintings of the resurrection, Jesus is shown as a three-dimensional man, somehow outside of the tomb and independent of it. In distinction from this Western theological model, the Orthodox resurrection icons usually depict the risen Christ as a supra-cosmic being who unlocks the prison of hell for all beings, frees the dead from their tombs and bestows life everlasting -(theoria/contemplation/direct seeing of God). ********************************************** --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@...> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ravi Yogi" raviyogi@ wrote: > > > > Not too good at this, the only thing of significance is the 2 fingers > raised upwards. > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" jstein@ wrote: > <snip> > > > But if you look closely, you'll see that the artist has rather > > > ingeniously indicated that something extraordinary is taking place. > Can > > > you see how he did it? > > He's coming out of the still-closed tomb right through the heavy stone > lid. It's the only Resurrection painting I know of in which the lid > hasn't been moved aside or taken off so he could get out the normal way. > > I didn't spot this right away either; I looked at it several times > before I noticed. > > merudanda and raunchy came very close, saying that one leg is still in > the tomb, but I'm not sure they got that you can't see the leg because > he's coming *through* the lid. > > [File:Hans Multscher - Flügel-Innenseite des Wurzacher Altars > (rechts unten) - Google Art Project.jpg] > <http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Hans_Multscher_-_Fl%\ \ > C3%BCgel-Innenseite_des_Wurzacher_Altars_%28rechts_unten%29_-_Google_Art\ \ > _Project.jpg> > > I love the subtlety. The painting is so subdued; he's sort of quietly > sneaking out without any fuss, no angels with trumpets, no glorious > light, the guards fast asleep, no sign of anything supernatural > occurring--until you realize the tomb is still sealed up tight. And the > artist did that very deliberately; it's not supposed to be obvious. >
