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You know that famous Last Supper painting? It's actually Catholic.
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Here are some, though!
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Yes, it's gorgeous, and it's by a Seventh Day Adventist.I have always really enjoyed this painting.
You know your art history, don't you?
Not really, but here's one thing I do know, which many Mormons likely don't... Harry Anderson's paintings hang in LDS-owned buildings throughout the world, including LDS chapels, temples, the Conference Center and the Church headquarters buildings. Most Mormons probably just assume that these paintings are by a LDS artist, but they're not. The LDS Church commissioned Anderson to do a lot of its artwork (and so have the originals). It also has copies of others of his works. You'll see all of these in LDS buildings, and they're all by Harry Anderson...You know your art history, don't you?
Yes, and why do you think they commissioned him? Was it because they liked his name -- Harry Anderson? Or maybe they were familiar with his religious art and recognized it as inspired -- even if he wasn't LDS! (Oh, horror!
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Yes, and why do you think they commissioned him? Was it because they liked his name -- Harry Anderson? Or maybe they were familiar with his religious art and recognized it as inspired -- even if he wasn't LDS! (Oh, horror!
Keep digging that grave you're working on, yaddoe. With any luck, you'll be disappearing into it any time now.
Yeah, apparently they saw him as having an even greater potential than the myriad of LDS artists they might have commissioned, artists who wouldn't have "needed direction."
I find it interesting that, until I told you, you didn't even know he was a Seventh Day Adventist. But somehow you seemed to know at the same time that supposedly originally painted Christ with wings. I've never heard that myself. I'm not saying it couldn't possibly be true, but I am curious as to your source. Regardless, he's painted many, many pictures of Christ and I don't know of any of them in which Christ is depicted with wings -- even those the LDS Church didn't "direct." I don't even know if all of the ones I posted were specifically commissioned by the LDS Church. I just know that a couple of them were, and that they're all well-known to Latter-day Saints.
You know, sometimes it's better to.
You're welcome! You know, I really love religious art. I love medieval religious art and contemporary religious art. I just see them all as different from each other, but all representing something that is deeply meaningful to the artist. Whenever I go to the Met in NYC, I spend most of my time looking at the religious art. On the other hand, I do like Harry Anderson's work and the work of other contemporary Christian artists. I find that the more "human" Christ looks, the more deeply the art touches my heart. When He is depicted as stiff and expressionless, I do not feel as drawn to the painting.
Yeah, apparently they saw him as having an even greater potential than the myriad of LDS artists they might have commissioned, artists who wouldn't have "needed direction."
I find it interesting that, until I told you, you didn't even know he was a Seventh Day Adventist. But somehow you seemed to know at the same time that supposedly originally painted Christ with wings. I've never heard that myself. I'm not saying it couldn't possibly be true, but I am curious as to your source. Regardless, he's painted many, many pictures of Christ and I don't know of any of them in which Christ is depicted with wings -- even those the LDS Church didn't "direct." I don't even know if all of the ones I posted were specifically commissioned by the LDS Church. I just know that a couple of them were, and that they're all well-known to Latter-day Saints.
You're not going to let this one go, are you?
Why would the LDS church not want the angels to have wings? Is it for a theological reason I'm unaware of?
Why would the LDS church not want the angels to have wings? Is it for a theological reason I'm unaware of?
My understanding of traditionally depicting angels with wings is to signify that they are always ready to quickly carry out God's will, come speedily to our aid, deliver a message ASAP, etc, etc... Do the LDS have a different take on how angels should be depicted? If so, for what reason?
