tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2035557836022548249.post2917555332435781925..comments2024-01-17T03:54:39.225-05:00Comments on Hieing to Kolob: Adam and Eve in Modern ArtBored in Vernalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14016611721544251941noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2035557836022548249.post-24123221753518563752012-05-30T00:07:45.653-04:002012-05-30T00:07:45.653-04:00...navels. They all have belly-buttons.
Why woul......navels. They all have belly-buttons. <br /><br />Why would they need them if there had not been a mother figure to which they were attached before birth?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2035557836022548249.post-62808013646665800172010-01-21T14:47:14.661-05:002010-01-21T14:47:14.661-05:00LOVE LOVE LOVE these, biv!
thank you for assemblin...LOVE LOVE LOVE these, biv!<br />thank you for assembling this amazing collectiongalen dara https://www.blogger.com/profile/02987352194018060353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2035557836022548249.post-56247663547776548582010-01-20T18:56:10.790-05:002010-01-20T18:56:10.790-05:00Yes, I was wondering about the "Teologia"...Yes, I was wondering about the "Teologia" too...<br /><br />If you look at the Eve side of the diptych, it looks smudged or faded. When I looked at the larger image, though, I realized that on the Eve side, the sphere looks sort of moon-like. So it's probably a representation of the sun on Adam's side and the moon on Eve's side. "Teologia" written on the heavenly spheres probably symbolizes the search for God.<br /><br />I also saw more clearly that Eve is superimposed over the earth ("mother of all living," I suppose). But then there are also these curious receding box-like things. To me they look like ladders or stairs? Again, an allusion to the ascent back to Heaven?<br /><br />I agree with your take on this portrait being "post fall," especially if you consider how alienated the man and the woman are from each other -- alienated physically by appearing on separate diptychs, but alienated stylistically two by appearing on very different kinds of backgrounds, and with male vs. female imagery. It's striking when you compare with other Adam and Eve images (like the Klimt!!) where they are sensually connected, almost merging into one figure ("and they became one flesh").<br /><br />The Petrillo painting reminds me of the gnostic notion that the "fall" actually came about when Eve was separated from Adam, breaking the primordial unity of humanity into alienated sexes...John Gustav-Wrathallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03557940681381951271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2035557836022548249.post-70696677100813614532010-01-20T18:45:14.607-05:002010-01-20T18:45:14.607-05:00Oh, here is the Klimt I was thinking of, as well a...Oh, <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XIOg1RpIXao/SbK-AWjwvjI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/lQvkW5qnfWA/s400/Lady+with+fan+by+Klimt.jpg" rel="nofollow">here</a> is the Klimt I was thinking of, as well as his <a href="http://oilpainting2000.com/china/catalog/images/klimt-002.jpg" rel="nofollow">Adam and Eve</a> which I also love!Bored in Vernalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14016611721544251941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2035557836022548249.post-14461409316394446702010-01-20T18:31:26.293-05:002010-01-20T18:31:26.293-05:00M, thanks for your comment. It's so interesti...M, thanks for your comment. It's so interesting--our minds must work a lot alike. I immediately thought of the Klimt when I saw Ramishvili's painting. Also, I have a post half-finished deploring the lack of good LDS depictions of Adam and Eve, and linking to some "modest" alternatives! (There aren't very many!)<br /><br />J G-W, can you figure out why Petrillo has the word "theology" (in Italian) featured so prominently on both sides of his diptych? What is that circle it is written in, the sun? Take a closer look <a href="http://www.infocomtech.net/petrillovirtualmuseum/IMMAGINI/WORK%20OF%20ART%20COD.15.jpg" rel="nofollow">here</a>--I love it, I didn't even notice the serpent the first time.Bored in Vernalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14016611721544251941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2035557836022548249.post-43424950873747826392010-01-20T18:13:37.151-05:002010-01-20T18:13:37.151-05:00Sorry, I guess that first Klimt link doesn't w...Sorry, I guess that first Klimt link doesn't work. Here it is:<br /><br />http://www.artchive.com/artchive/k/klimt/kiss.jpgAlberti's Windowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17060586087447314960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2035557836022548249.post-64992953352364721642010-01-20T18:08:06.537-05:002010-01-20T18:08:06.537-05:00This is a great post! A friend just referred me t...This is a great post! A friend just referred me to your blog, and as an LDS art historian, I find this subject matter very fascinating. Personally, I wish that there were more depictions of Adam and Eve by good, legitimate LDS artists, but I haven't found any that impress me. Anyway, depictions of nudes in LDS culture would make people "embarrassed" (as my mother would say).<br /><br />I really like what you said about the gestural and dynamic quality of Lohman's lithograph - it is a great way to visualize the Fall and perhaps the turmoil of transgression/sin.<br /><br />I also think that the Ramishvili painting is quite interesting. Eve really is emphasized in her role as seductress here, and I think that Ramishvili's palatte and style add to that fact. Her work immediately reminded me to paintings by Gustav Klimt (see examples <a rel="nofollow">here</a> and <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Gustav_Klimt_039.jpg" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Even the "come-hither" look in Ramishvili's Eve is reminiscent of Klimt.Alberti's Windowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17060586087447314960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2035557836022548249.post-682070263300803252010-01-20T16:33:46.336-05:002010-01-20T16:33:46.336-05:00Very interesting... I'd say my favorite is th...Very interesting... I'd say my favorite is the Petrillo painting.John Gustav-Wrathallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03557940681381951271noreply@blogger.com