LDS Museum to Display European Paintings in 360-Degree Panoramas Reflecting Original Altar Settings

DESERET NEWS
By Katie Harmer

"Agony in the Garden" by Frans Schwartz, an oil on canvas painting.

UTAH---Participants at BYU's Campus Education Week in August received a sneak peek of the upcoming "Sacred Gifts" exhibit at the university's Museum of Art. The two-hour presentation — "Sacred Gifts: The Religious Art of Carl Bloch, Heinrich Hofmann and Frans Schwartz" — introduced the audience to the artists behind the paintings that will be on display Nov. 15 through May 10, 2014. However, Schwartz may not be as well-known to the LDS community. Schwartz's "Agony in the Garden" will be the first painting participants will see as they enter the gallery. Like the 2010 exhibit, "Sacred Gifts" will not display the paintings in the typical museum frame. Rather, makeshift altars will be built around each painting to reflect the their permanent homes in chapels across Europe. [link]