Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574), painter, architect, and writer, was fascinated with the image of Saint Francis because of the association of La Verna with Arezzo, his native town, where the miraculous event of Saint Fra...Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574), painter, architect, and writer, was fascinated with the image of Saint Francis because of the association of La Verna with Arezzo, his native town, where the miraculous event of Saint Francis's stigmatization occurred in 1224. Also in Arezzo, in the church of San Francesco, the beautiful frescoes of Piero della Francesca's Legend of the True Cross were commissioned by his wife's ancestors, the Bacci family. This study discusses Vasari's two types of religious representation of Saint Francis. One type is devotional, as in the paintings of Holy Families, e.g., The Holy Family with Saint Francis of 1541, at the County Museum of Art of Los Angeles, CA. The other is historical, focusing on the miraculous moment of the stigmatization, e.g., Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata, 1548, in the church of San Francesco in Rimini. Employing mannerist colors to express the spirituality of the event, Vasari created a new conception of piety, where sobriety and humbleness are honored. These paintings reveal the humanness and sanctity of the protagonist, Saint Francis, devoid of any heroic glamour.展开更多
一位菲律宾的男子自残,用利刃割下了自己的阳物。主要原因是其妻离他而去。到首都马尼拉去做保姆(housemaid)了。他想象自己的阳物正像眼镜蛇一样逼近其他女性(his penis as a"cobra"(眼镜蛇)drawing him towardwomen),而《...一位菲律宾的男子自残,用利刃割下了自己的阳物。主要原因是其妻离他而去。到首都马尼拉去做保姆(housemaid)了。他想象自己的阳物正像眼镜蛇一样逼近其他女性(his penis as a"cobra"(眼镜蛇)drawing him towardwomen),而《马太福音》曾云:If your hand or your foot causes you to sin,cut it offand throw it away.于是,此君对自己下了“毒手”。可幸的是,手术成功,割下的阳物又被接上。只是短了20%……展开更多
文摘Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574), painter, architect, and writer, was fascinated with the image of Saint Francis because of the association of La Verna with Arezzo, his native town, where the miraculous event of Saint Francis's stigmatization occurred in 1224. Also in Arezzo, in the church of San Francesco, the beautiful frescoes of Piero della Francesca's Legend of the True Cross were commissioned by his wife's ancestors, the Bacci family. This study discusses Vasari's two types of religious representation of Saint Francis. One type is devotional, as in the paintings of Holy Families, e.g., The Holy Family with Saint Francis of 1541, at the County Museum of Art of Los Angeles, CA. The other is historical, focusing on the miraculous moment of the stigmatization, e.g., Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata, 1548, in the church of San Francesco in Rimini. Employing mannerist colors to express the spirituality of the event, Vasari created a new conception of piety, where sobriety and humbleness are honored. These paintings reveal the humanness and sanctity of the protagonist, Saint Francis, devoid of any heroic glamour.
文摘一位菲律宾的男子自残,用利刃割下了自己的阳物。主要原因是其妻离他而去。到首都马尼拉去做保姆(housemaid)了。他想象自己的阳物正像眼镜蛇一样逼近其他女性(his penis as a"cobra"(眼镜蛇)drawing him towardwomen),而《马太福音》曾云:If your hand or your foot causes you to sin,cut it offand throw it away.于是,此君对自己下了“毒手”。可幸的是,手术成功,割下的阳物又被接上。只是短了20%……