Tag Archives: bartolome esteban murillo

presence of the lord

Posted on June 24, 2012 by Dave

The Protestant Reformation has some strange old bones in the closet. Recessed genes that keep popping up in odd places. Those nasty margin notes of Martin Luther, that sinister side while mocking, and justly the clerical pomp and obedience without … Continue reading →

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children being cute

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Dave

Children being cute as a metaphor for superficiality. The new image of the child being born in innocence and the painter to capture that ripe moment of angelic realm before the inevitable gradual tarnishing of the soul. It was a … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged bartolome esteban murillo, Diego Velazquez, Ferdinand Georg Waldmuller, george smith painter, Hermann Hesse, hesse the prodigy, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, murillo spanish painter, Norman Rockwell, Seville Baroque School, shirley temple, Sigmund Freud, Zubaran painter | Leave a comment

pandemonium: blasts of icy wind

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Dave

In Jewish and Christian thought there are not only good angels but evil angels. These last, once the servants of god, though fallen are still mighty. Since they were once heavenly beings, they have wings; since they rebelled against god … Continue reading →