[h-cost] understanding paintings of Saints
There is a very interesting book called _The Square Halo and other Mysteries of Western Art: images and the stories that inspired them_ by Sallie Fisher. Mary Piero Carey ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] understanding paintings of Saints
On Feb 22, 2008, at 5:27 AM, Mary + Doug Piero Carey wrote: There is a very interesting book called _The Square Halo and other Mysteries of Western Art: images and the stories that inspired them_ by Sallie Fisher. I'll second that endorsement. A delightful book and very useful: it explains a _lot_ of cryptic scenes in medieval paintings, and does so with a sense of humor. OChris Laning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Davis, California + http://paternoster-row.org - http://paternosters.blogspot.com ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] understanding paintings of Saints
In a message dated 2/22/2008 12:23:30 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Feb 22, 2008, at 5:27 AM, Mary + Doug Piero Carey wrote: > There is a very interesting book called _The Square Halo and other > Mysteries of Western Art: images and the stories that inspired > them_ by Sallie Fisher. I'll second that endorsement. A delightful book and very useful: it explains a _lot_ of cryptic scenes in medieval paintings, and does so with a sense of humor. * Hm I have to check this out. This is a little OT but... Y'know one of my fave artists is Francisco de Zurbaran. He must have painted every saint there was at the time [and some of the most bored and "I'm over it" looking putti ever]. I mean... how many paintings of St Rufina are there? _http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/arts/painting/religious-paint/christ-sain t/rufina/zurbaran22.jpg_ (http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/arts/painting/religious-paint/christ-saint/rufina/zurbaran22.jpg) Notice how the painting is almost a costume plate. And his daring use of dangerous color combinations. He's Spanish so the canvases reek of mystic symbolism. In the Saint's portraits there is always a symbol of their martyrdom...sometimes being carried on a silver tray by the saint, like St. Agatha, who's breasts were cut off by her tormentors. Here she is with them on a tray, like 2 Jell-o molds! _http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/z/zurbaran/1/index.html_ (http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/z/zurbaran/1/index.html) His more famous paintings are of St Margaret [further down the page of the last link]...talk about a costume plate! And a moving rendering of St Serapion. _http://artchive.com/artchive/z/zurbaran/zurbaran_serapion.jpg_ (http://artchive.com/artchive/z/zurbaran/zurbaran_serapion.jpg) He also does oddly compelling still-lifes.[still-lives?] **Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living. (http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/ 2050827?NCID=aolcmp0030002598) ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Re:[ h-cost] Understanding paintings of saints
I love St. Margaret's bag. It's uncannily like the "Greek shepherds' bags" which we all carried our books in when I was a student in the early 70s. Kate - Message: 10 Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 12:36:00 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [h-cost] understanding paintings of Saints To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" In a message dated 2/22/2008 12:23:30 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Y'know one of my fave artists is Francisco de Zurbaran. He must have painted every saint there was at the time [and some of the most bored and "I'm over it" looking putti ever]. I mean... how many paintings of St Rufina are there? _http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/arts/painting/religious-paint/christ-sain t/rufina/zurbaran22.jpg_ (http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/arts/painting/religious-paint/christ-saint/rufina/zurbaran22.jpg) Notice how the painting is almost a costume plate. And his daring use of dangerous color combinations. He's Spanish so the canvases reek of mystic symbolism. In the Saint's portraits there is always a symbol of their martyrdom...sometimes being carried on a silver tray by the saint, like St. Agatha, who's breasts were cut off by her tormentors. Here she is with them on a tray, like 2 Jell-o molds! _http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/z/zurbaran/1/index.html_ (http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/z/zurbaran/1/index.html) His more famous paintings are of St Margaret [further down the page of the last link]...talk about a costume plate! And a moving rendering of St Serapion. _http://artchive.com/artchive/z/zurbaran/zurbaran_serapion.jpg_ (http://artchive.com/artchive/z/zurbaran/zurbaran_serapion.jpg) He also does oddly compelling still-lifes.[still-lives?] **Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living. (http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/ 2050827?NCID=aolcmp0030002598) -- Message: 11 Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:53:06 -0700 From: Saragrace Knauf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [h-cost] OT a farewell. To: Historical Costume <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Yeah, with all the period/regional specific email lists, I find that I too may be signing out Sg -- ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume End of h-costume Digest, Vol 7, Issue 76 Kate Bunting Cataloguing & Data Quality Librarian University of Derby ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] Re:[ h-cost] Understanding paintings of saints
- Original Message - From: "Kate M Bunting" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> << I love St. Margaret's bag. It's uncannily like the "Greek shepherds' bags" which we all carried our books in when I was a student in the early 70s. >> It's also very similar to the mochilas carried in many parts of South America. Not too surprising there, though, considering how heavy an influence Spain had in the 17thC! If there were several guns stuffed in it and an AK-47 slung over the other shoulder, I'd feel as if I were having a flashback to the Guajira. For that matter, if she were wearing a jacket and a bowler hat, she'd be the spitting image of 50 zillion Bolivian women. -E House ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
