Masaccio's "Holy Trinity"

[Arizona_Mike]

Interesting article in the Wall Street Journal today, if you haven’t seen it yet. Interesting commentary on how the artist’s choices reflect the philosophical issues inherent in the subject:

online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204136404577211450920419794.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_MIDDLETopBucket

The reproduction of the art in the WSJ is rather small, there’s a larger format picture on this site - click your cursor on the image to enlarge it:

casasantapia.com/images/art/masaccio/trinity700.jpg

 

[jpjd]

That is an interesting review of this painting. It’s nice to see such an article in a secular newspaper.

I did a quick read about Masaccio on Wiki. Did you know he died at age 26? Wow! He became such an accomplished artist by that age!

Thanks for posting this.

 

[Arizona_Mike]

You’re very welcome.

Here’s another interesting article that touches on the symbolism used by religious artists, and how it gets brushed aside by new academic theories of deconstructionism:

catholicphoenix.com/2012/02/01/the-world-really-is-full-of-meaningful-things/