Art in Faith

Unknown Artist. St Alexander Schmorell the Passion-Bearer. contemporary

01varvara — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:19:46 +0000

St Alexander Schmorell the Passion-Bearer

Unknown Artist

contemporary

Filed under: contemporary, Fine Art, Orthodox, religious, Russian Tagged: Christian martyrs, Eastern Orthodox Church, Germany, New Martyr, Painting, Religion and Spirituality, Russia, Saints, St Alexander Schmorell

E Ibragimova. M Novikova. The Most Holy Mother of God “Hodigitria”. 2009

01varvara — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:11:12 +0000

The Most Holy Mother of God “Hodigitria“

E Ibragimova

M Novikova

2009

Filed under: Christian, contemporary, Fine Art, Orthodox, religious, Russian Tagged: Blessed Virgin Mary, Christian, Christianity, E Ibragimova, Eastern Orthodox Church, Hodigitria, holy mother of god, M Novikova, Madonna, Mary, mosaics, Mother of God, Our Lady, Religion and Spirituality, Russia, Theotokos, Virgin

Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin. The Mother of God of Tenderness Towards Evil Hearts. 1915

01varvara — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 01:34:54 +0000

The Mother of God of Tenderness Towards Evil Hearts

Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin

1915

Filed under: 20th century, Christian, Fine Art, Orthodox, religious, Russian Tagged: Blessed Virgin Mary, Christianity, Eastern Orthodox Church, hearts, Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, Madonna, Mary, Mother of God, Our Lady, Painting, Religion and Spirituality, Russia, Theotokos, Virgin

4 January 2012. Some People Hate Robert Lentz… Here’s a CREATIVE Rebuttal

01varvara — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:10:20 +0000

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There are many ignorant voices in the Orthodox blogosphere taking cheap shots at Robert Lentz. Sure… some of his topics aren’t the wisest (indeed, with some you wonder what he was smokin’). Some are spot on, like his St Ysidro, Christ of Maryknoll, or the Virgin of the Disappeared. Others, only need the magic of PhotoShop to have new life as primo-level posters. The above two images show that the basic Lentz imagery isn’t wrong at all… in fact, he does BETTER than most of his critics do. If you’ve seen the dreck written by gasbags like the “Young Fogey”, you know what I’m talking about. I’m getting TIRED of ignorant pot shots from the peanut gallery. So are you, no doubt… just remember, get out and vote this November, I do daresay that reasonable people are still the majority in this country…

If you don’t like something, either offer a workable alternative, or shut up… that’s the way it is…

BMD

Filed under: Christian, contemporary, religious Tagged: cheap shots, Christ, Christianity, Maryknoll, Painting, peanut gallery, PhotoShop, Robert Lentz

William McNicholls. Franz Jägerstätter. undated

01varvara — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:25:51 +0000

Franz Jägerstätter

William McNicholls

undated

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Franz Jägerstätter was an Austrian conscientious objector put to death by the Nazis for refusing to serve in the military. He paid the price in full for his beliefs… that means that he has a special place in God’s Kingdom. That’s the way it is…

BMD

Filed under: American, Christian, contemporary, Fine Art, religious, Roman Catholic Tagged: Austria, Christian martyrs, Christianity, Conscientious objector, Franz Jägerstätter, nazis, Nazism, Painting, Religion and Spirituality, United States, William McNicholls

Robert Lentz. The Virgin of the Disappeared. 1986

01varvara — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:02:45 +0000

The Virgin of the Disappeared

Robert Lentz

1986

Filed under: 20th century, American, Fine Art, religious, Roman Catholic Tagged: Christianity, Madonna, Mary, Mother of God, Our Lady, Painting, Religion and Spirituality, Robert Lentz, Theotokos, Virgin

Robert Lentz. St Ysidro the Labourer and His Wife St María Torribia. 1992

01varvara — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:49:32 +0000

St Ysidro the Labourer and His Wife St María Torribia

Robert Lentz

1992

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St Ysidro and St María are old-line RC saints, well-known in Spain and Latin America. Note this well… there are saints who were peasants… there were saints who were princes… but no saints who were stockbrokers, salesmen, and PR flacks. Think on that…

BMD

Filed under: 20th century, American, Christian, Fine Art, religious, Roman Catholic Tagged: Catholicism, Christianity, labourer, Latin America, Painting, peasants, Religion and Spirituality, Robert Lentz, Saint, Saints, San Ysidro, San Ysidro Labrador, Santa María de la Cabeza, Spain, St Isidore the Labourer, St María Torribia

Robert Lentz. Christ of Maryknoll. 2002

01varvara — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:31:15 +0000

Christ of Maryknoll

Robert Lentz

2002

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I’ve noticed that the rightwing slimers truly dislike this painting by Robert Lentz intensely, they attack it unmercifully, claiming that it’s “political”… I’d say that Mr Lentz accurately portrays what the rightwing poseurs do to Our Lord Christ. They torture, bomb, burn, and murder in His Name… I kid you not. Such people are Satan’s Loyal Retainers and Servants, and I say such openly. You can worship Christ or you can espouse the policies of the Republican rightwing… you can’t do both at once. Think about it…

BMD

Filed under: American, Christian, contemporary, Fine Art, religious, Roman Catholic Tagged: Christ, Christ Pantocrator, Christianity, Jesus, lord christ, Maryknoll, Painting, Religion and Spirituality, Right-wing politics, rightwing, Robert Lentz, United States, USA

Eduard Grinin. The Saviour. 2011

01varvara — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:14:37 +0000

The Saviour

Eduard Grinin

2011

Filed under: Christian, contemporary, Fine Art, Orthodox, religious, Russian Tagged: Christ, Christianity, Eastern Orthodox Church, Eduard Ginin, Jesus, Painting, Religion and Spirituality, Russia, Saviour

Dionisy of Moscow. St Aleksei the Man of God. 1480s. Cathedral of the Assumption. Moscow RF

01varvara — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 19:29:39 +0000

St Aleksei the Man of God

Dionisy of Moscow

1480s

Cathedral of the Assumption

Moscow Kremlin. Moscow (Federal City of Moscow. Central Federal District) RF

Filed under: 15th century, Christian, Fine Art, Medieval, Orthodox, religious, Russian Tagged: aleksei, Alexei the Man of God, cathedral of the assumption, Central Federal District, Dionisy, Federal City of Moscow, kremlin moscow, man of god, Moscow, moscow kremlin, Rome, Russia, St Alexius of Rome

2011 in review

01varvara — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 02:15:19 +0000

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

The concert hall at the Syndey Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 23,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 9 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.

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