tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38626086.post5660667578776382627..comments2024-03-16T23:32:30.325-05:00Comments on The Catholic Illustrator’s Guild: Christ in MajestyBen Hatkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13128090224957401149noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38626086.post-76772965992614870972012-12-18T19:20:44.470-05:002012-12-18T19:20:44.470-05:00I had seen this piece when it was first posted, bu...I had seen this piece when it was first posted, but I ran into it again just now doing a Google image search for "Christ in Majesty" and it really does hold its own next to the manuscript illuminations and apse frescoes of old. Fantastic!A.R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06531328897397201309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38626086.post-72098353488787711202012-11-28T02:15:09.222-05:002012-11-28T02:15:09.222-05:00Hi Vicki,
Thank you,
This was a private commission...Hi Vicki,<br />Thank you,<br />This was a private commission, the final size was 22" X 28".<br />Yes the symbols of the four evangelists are frequently depicted with wings, associating them with the four living creatures from the Book of Revelation that draw the throne-chariot of God. In iconography wings are often used to indicate a spiritual nature.Lawrence Klimecki, deaconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13836524060761242797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38626086.post-69372629969254057192012-11-27T11:37:25.836-05:002012-11-27T11:37:25.836-05:00This is gorgeous, solemn, majestic. How big is th...This is gorgeous, solemn, majestic. How big is the original? Where will it go? What is your medium? <br />Each of the evangelists seems to have wings; is that part of the tradition? Vickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11195527278285894012noreply@blogger.com