Name of artwork, artist, Saint?

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I stumbled upon a blog (link below), but I am not interested in discussing any of the blog entries. I am asking about the painting which is used as its masthead.

I am trying to find out the name of the artist, and the artwork, and whether the lovely piece is a portrayal of a Saint as a nun. (She does not resemble the “country” look of the most typical St. Dymphna pieces.) The plant seems to be a columbine. Might that be a symbol/code of her identity?

I appreciate your help, everyone.

dymphnaroad.blogspot.com/2014/01/what-church-says-about-popefrom-my.html
 
I know nothing about the source of that painting,

but I hope nobody uses it as a recruitment poster for nuns. :bigyikes: :banghead: :crying:
 
Luigi Busi, In Contemplazione…

from wiki
Busi studied at the local Academy of Fine Arts, though by 1868, he is documented to be in Milan. He was named academic professor at the Bolognese Academy in 1871. In 1876, he was named honorary associate of the Brera Academy. His early training was in an environment characterized by Realist depictions.

(personally, I love the Realist movement. There’s some really amazing pictures from that period.)



I love THIS image from the same period I think. Artist: John Pierre Bernand. Pictured are John and Peter, in haste towards the empty tomb. You can just read Peter’s mind. “Oh boy, do I have some serious repenting and explaining to do… Take note of his hands. One is probably beating his chest, Mea Culpa, Mea Culpa, the other finger pointing to the ground. I am dust. I am dust.” I think we should have this disposition on our way to every Mass, as the world beats us down on our way to see Christ, present in the Blessed Sacrament… waiting for us.
 
The Saint Peter and Saint John painting is by Eugène Burnand.
 
marlap2 said:
Luigi Busi, In Contemplazione…

from wiki
Busi studied at the local Academy of Fine Arts, though by 1868, he is documented to be in Milan. He was named academic professor at the Bolognese Academy in 1871. In 1876, he was named honorary associate of the Brera Academy. His early training was in an environment characterized by Realist depictions.

(personally, I love the Realist movement. There’s some really amazing pictures from that period.)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/BurnandJeanPierre.jpg

I love THIS image from the same period I think. Artist: John Pierre Bernand. Pictured are John and Peter, in haste towards the empty tomb. You can just read Peter’s mind. “Oh boy, do I have some serious repenting and explaining to do… Take note of his hands. One is probably beating his chest, Mea Culpa, Mea Culpa, the other finger pointing to the ground. I am dust. I am dust.” I think we should have this disposition on our way to every Mass, as the world beats us down on our way to see Christ, present in the Blessed Sacrament… waiting for us.
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Thank you for this info. I think the painting of the nun is beautiful. She is so serene contemplating the butterflies and the flowers in her cell. How peaceful. And I do love the Realist movement. I love how this artist takes one little detail of the Resurrection and brings it to us. How wonderful! How lucky we are that God has give men and women such talent to share with us.
 
empther said:
I know nothing about the source of that painting,

but** I hope nobody uses it as a recruitment poster for nuns**. :bigyikes: :banghead: :crying:
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Why not? She appears to be a Carmelite and that is what a Carmelite’s cell looks like. I have a sister-in-law who’s been a Carmelite for 25 years (she’s an extern) and a niece who just turned 19 and entered a few months ago (she is cloistered.) They were both well aware of the austerity of life in the cloister and it didn’t deter them one bit! 🙂
 
bluerose said:
Why not? She appears to be a Carmelite and that is what a Carmelite’s cell looks like. I have a sister-in-law who’s been a Carmelite for 25 years (she’s an extern) and a niece who just turned 19 and entered a few months ago (she is cloistered.) They were both well aware of the austerity of life in the cloister and it didn’t deter them one bit! 🙂
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What I think Empther means is that the nun looks extremely sad and lonely. Her posture is that of a depressed person, slumped down against a wall. This is a person that is very troubled about something. That the painter so captured this mood makes the picture quite poignant.
 
NeedsMercy said:
What I think Empther means is that the nun looks extremely sad and lonely. Her posture is that of a depressed person, slumped down against a wall. This is a person that is very troubled about something. That the painter so captured this mood makes the picture quite poignant.
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She doesn’t look sad and lonely to me. She just looks like she’s thinking about something.
 
NeedsMercy said:
What I think Empther means is that the nun looks extremely sad and lonely. Her posture is that of a depressed person, slumped down against a wall. This is a person that is very troubled about something. That the painter so captured this mood makes the picture quite poignant.
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Don’t you love art? It can be interpreted so many ways.

When I look at this painting, to me, I see the state of contemplative listening. The figure is facing something/someone with her body in a relaxed state, as with someone she is comfortable with. What she is hearing is not something that is alarming her, or giving great emotion. It’s a simple sacrament of the moment, when a true contemplative (such as a Carmelite can be), exercises the art of simply being with God. Her habit is not perfectly arranged as you would expect a Carmelite however. It is in slight disarray, one with all of the items in the room, the flowers at the end of their beauty, starting to lose leaves, the bed, in slight disarray, the wall, with its various imperfections. Perhaps the only perfection is in the butterflies. To be honest, they confuse me 🙂
 
marlap2 said:
Don’t you love art? It can be interpreted so many ways.

When I look at this painting, to me, I see the state of contemplative listening. The figure is facing something/someone with her body in a relaxed state, as with someone she is comfortable with. What she is hearing is not something that is alarming her, or giving great emotion. It’s a simple sacrament of the moment, when a true contemplative (such as a Carmelite can be), exercises the art of simply being with God. Her habit is not perfectly arranged as you would expect a Carmelite however. It is in slight disarray, one with all of the items in the room, the flowers at the end of their beauty, starting to lose leaves, the bed, in slight disarray, the wall, with its various imperfections. Perhaps the only perfection is in the butterflies. To be honest, they confuse me 🙂
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Beautiful! I think my two Carmelites would agree (and would be horrified at the condition of the bed and the habit! :D)
 
Here is a picture of a Carmelite nun:



Who is it?
Believe it or not, friends, it’s Saint Therese Lisieux, “The Little Flower”. :eek:
She’s dressed like Joan of Arc for two plays she put on for her fellow nuns.

Now, wouldn’t that be a better nun recruitment poster than that painting above? 😃
 
Saint Therese wins ALWAYS.
No matter what picture there is of her!

I almost always says she’s my favorite saint. And then I think of Saint Francis… no HE’s my favorite saint… Of course, then there’s Therese of Avila… Yeah. I think she’s my favorite…

Gotta love those friends in Heaven! Pray for us!
 
In the future, if you want to identify an image:
  1. save image to computer
  2. go to google and click on the ‘images’ tab
  3. click on the camera icon in the search bar
  4. click on the upload image bit, and, well, upload the image
It will show you all of the sources on the internet with that image, and unless the image is unique, it will give you a title for it.

You can also paste the url of the image instead of saving the image and uploading it, but, well…just have a play with it. It’s a very useful feature.

Alternatively, there’s a website called tineye that does the same thing if you happen to be anti-google.
 
lazuli said:
In the future, if you want to identify an image:
  1. save image to computer
  2. go to google and click on the ‘images’ tab
  3. click on the camera icon in the search bar
  4. click on the upload image bit, and, well, upload the image
It will show you all of the sources on the internet with that image, and unless the image is unique, it will give you a title for it.

You can also paste the url of the image instead of saving the image and uploading it, but, well…just have a play with it. It’s a very useful feature.

Alternatively, there’s a website called tineye that does the same thing if you happen to be anti-google.
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That’s a Google trick I did not know about. Thanks. 👍 I can think of several times when I’ve wanted to Google a picture and had no idea how to do it. I never realized that little camera in the search bar served a purpose. I thought it was just decoration to let you know you were searching Google images rather than a regular web search. :o
 
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