Sylvain Reynard's Blog - Posts Tagged "art"
Art- Holiday's Painting
Dear Everyone,
As promised, I'll be posting on the artwork related to my new book, "Gabriel's Inferno," over the next few Tuesdays.
Last week, I discussed Gustave Doré, noting the contrast between his illustrations of Dante's Divine Comedy and those of Sandro Botticelli. The Digital Dante Project provides access to both collections. (Unfortunately, their links to Salvador Dali's pictures have been taken down)
http://bit.ly/kvgMPr
As promised, I'll be posting on the artwork related to my new book, "Gabriel's Inferno," over the next few Tuesdays.
Last week, I discussed Gustave Doré, noting the contrast between his illustrations of Dante's Divine Comedy and those of Sandro Botticelli. The Digital Dante Project provides access to both collections. (Unfortunately, their links to Salvador Dali's pictures have been taken down)
http://bit.ly/kvgMPr
Art - Rembrandt's "The Return of the Prodigal Son"
Dear Everyone,
As I mentioned previously, art plays a very important role in my novel, "Gabriel's Inferno." Without posting spoilers, I'll simply point out that sometimes the mention of a particular painting carries with it either a back story or an element of foreshadowing.
There is a scene, for example, in which I mention Rembrandt's The Return of the Prodigal Son. Rembrandt's painting illustrates a story from the Bible - Jesus' parable of the Prodigal Son, which is told in the Gospel according to St. Luke 15:11-32. There are at least two interpretations of the parable...
http://www.sylvainreynard.com/2011/05...
As I mentioned previously, art plays a very important role in my novel, "Gabriel's Inferno." Without posting spoilers, I'll simply point out that sometimes the mention of a particular painting carries with it either a back story or an element of foreshadowing.
There is a scene, for example, in which I mention Rembrandt's The Return of the Prodigal Son. Rembrandt's painting illustrates a story from the Bible - Jesus' parable of the Prodigal Son, which is told in the Gospel according to St. Luke 15:11-32. There are at least two interpretations of the parable...
http://www.sylvainreynard.com/2011/05...
Art - Fra Lippi's "Madonna and Child with Two Angels"
Dear Everyone,
In one of the scenes in "Gabriel's Inferno," two of the characters visit the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto in order to view a visiting exhibition of Florentine art.
(Parenthetically, it should be noted that the snarky narrator does not like the recent renovations to the ROM and he says so, in his own inimitable way.)
.... www.sylvainreynard.com
In one of the scenes in "Gabriel's Inferno," two of the characters visit the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto in order to view a visiting exhibition of Florentine art.
(Parenthetically, it should be noted that the snarky narrator does not like the recent renovations to the ROM and he says so, in his own inimitable way.)
.... www.sylvainreynard.com
