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  • Art Exhibition,  Deutsch

    Vom Meisterwerk auf die Geschenkbox

    June 28, 2012 / 0 Comments

    Wer kennt sie nicht, die zwei kleinen, rundlichen Engel, die Geschenkboxen, Bettwäsche, Glückwunschkarten, Briefmarken und jeden, eigentlich überflüssigen Kitsch- und Dekoartikel zieren? Und wer von den Konsumenten dieser Artikel weiß wirklich, aus welchem großartigen Kunstwerk diese beiden Putten separiert wurden, um ihr Dasein heute in unseren Wohnzimmern zusammenhangslos und für ein „Oh wie niedlich“ zu fristen? In Raffaels Sixtinischer Madonna sind sie entscheidender Bestandteil der Bildkomposition. Sie halten den Blick des Betrachters im Bild, der über Papst Sixtus zur Madonna mit dem Jesuskind und zur heiligen Barbara führt, die wiederum zu den Putten schaut. Die beiden erwiedern ihren Blick und nehmen den Betrachter in diesem erhabenen Renaissancegemälde gefangen. Die Bildgeometrie…

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  • Art Exhibition,  English

    Sistine Madonna, one of the oldest, but still among the most beautiful, women in the world

    June 26, 2012 / 0 Comments

    Raphael, everybody’s favourite Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle.* His namesake, Italian Renaissance painter, Raphael is also a favourite of his period; he continues to be admired and sought after the world over. Among his (the painter, of course) most famous works, The Parnassus (1511) and The Miraculous Draught of Fishes (1515), is the Sistine Madonna (below). This work, both simple and beautiful, still raises a lot of questions. Why is Mary’s face already one of concern, much like her general disposition when standing next to Christ on the Crucifix? What’s the deal with the ghostly images in the background – are they souls or cherubs? To whom is Saint Sixtus referring with…

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