tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757907975744705991.post5509622220834643904..comments2023-12-15T09:27:34.663+01:00Comments on Billy's Lines Of Gibberish: Thirteen at the TableUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757907975744705991.post-76857533424680347872009-10-22T22:08:50.985+02:002009-10-22T22:08:50.985+02:00Hello 'Kyste', thank you for the comment. ...Hello 'Kyste', thank you for the comment. I read <a href="http://kystes.blog.lemonde.fr/2009/01/01/souvenirs-de-verone/" rel="nofollow"><b>your post</b></a> about a crucifix in Verona that shows Jesus on the cross with detailed, very realistic lacerations.<br /><br />Each to his own... It illustrates my main issue with Christian art: it often is an apology of suffering, torture, and death. Granted, it sometimes resulted in great artwork, Pietàs, Saint Sebastian and so on, but I do find nasty the show of dead flesh, wounds and tortures.<br /><br />It fits the general logic of Christianity, as Paul of Tarsus and Augustine of Hippo propagated it : a morbid fascination for pain and suffering, and hatred of the body, and well, I don't like it. <br /><br />I will certainly go and see the crucifix to make up my mind about it, if I ever go to Verona; thank you for pointing it out! Yet, as you wrote it yourself at the end of your post, Italian Art is especially to my taste when it does not deal with religious topics, or when the religious topic does not imply to show tortured bodies.<br /><br />Kind regards !Billyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10947186731176387775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4757907975744705991.post-52198412190269676052009-10-21T22:51:02.879+02:002009-10-21T22:51:02.879+02:00Nice post on italy and this master piece.
If you g...Nice post on italy and this master piece.<br />If you go to milano from firenze, you must stop in Verona and see this: http://kystes.blog.lemonde.fr/2009/01/01/souvenirs-de-verone/kystehttp://kystes.blog.lemonde.frnoreply@blogger.com