Saint Francis of Assisi in His Tomb - One of My Favorite Paintings


	Saint Francis of Assisi in His Tomb - One of My Favorite Paintings

BartendingBear

11-10-2007 8:52 AM

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BartendingBear says:

The majesty of the original work is breathtaking.

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11-10-2007 8:54 AM

debbyski

Absolutely wonderful Bear!

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                              						Francisco de Zurbarán</FONT></STRONG>
<EM>Saint Francis of Assisi
                                                    in His Tomb</EM>, ca. 1630/34.
Oil on canvas.
Milwaukee Art Museum, Purchase.</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mam.org/collections/earlyeuropean_detail_zurbaran.htm">Francisco de Zurbarán was one of the greatest painters of the Golden Age in Spain. He worked primarily for the monastic orders that flourished in Spain during the Counter-Reformation. His best-known paintings are of humble monks and saints dramatically lit against simple dark backgrounds, as in this hauntingly beautiful work Saint Francis of Assisi in His Tomb. As the founder of the Franciscan Order, the ascetic saint had a special resonance in Spain's Monastic communities and with the reform movement of the Catholic Church. Zurbarán's many paintings of the subject are notable for their quiet evocation of monastic solitude and contemplation.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/4FBE5AD1-0537-4C18-A297-375F9E90666A/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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