ALPHA OMEGA ARTS
By Ernest Britton
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| Plate 28 : “Celui qui croit en moi, fut-il mort, vivra” John 11:25 by George Roualt |
MISSOURI - We returned to Saint Louis for Easter Weekend 2011, and this time for the work of George Roualt at the Museum of Contemporary Religious Art. Another wonderful visit which I will write about in detail later. The weekend, which included The Stations of the Cross at Saint John the Evangelist in Indianapolis; followed on Saturday with the
George Roualt in Saint Louis; and concluded Sunday with the community of St. Mark's Episcopal Church, the city's
first contemporary style church (1939), and one of most welcoming church experiences ever.
Saint Mark's was a wonderful place to be for Easter morning service, but the dark experience with Roualt lingered and made me reflect on the distinct disconnect between Crucixion masterpieces versus Resurrection masterpieces. What comes to mind for you? For me, only "
The Resurrection of Christ" (c. 1612) by Rubens (next) came to mind, so I did some Googling. How about Carl Heinrich Bloch's "
The Resurrection" or Dan Peres much newer "
Resurrection" ? A new favorite is
Incarnation by Edward Knippers (all four below).
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| By Rubens |
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| By Carl Heinrich Bloch |
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| By Edward Knippers |
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| By Dan Peres |
WANT MORE? Follow the annual Resurrection Day Art for Easter Series since 2008 but visiting, Holydays page and going to "Easter."
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