Comments on: Rogier ven der Wyden’s Miraflores Altarpiece

By: Decorative Art Painting

Decorative Art Painting — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 05:06:19 +0000

The paintings are very beautiful. I agree with you, we rarely find paintings based on the resurrection of Christ. Rogier van der Weyden is very creative, it was inspiring to read about this great artist.

By: oakling

oakling — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:15:52 +0000

It’s interesting how the lack of focus on this event in painting, or on the paintings that there are of it, parallels the VERY LITTLE that I remember of the story – I have a vague recollection that there was a whole thing where people couldn’t even see Jesus for a while, refused to see him, because it was so impossible that he was there, but Mary could et cetera.

By: Eric Orchard

Eric Orchard — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:26:53 +0000

Thanks for sharing this wonderful Easter post! Van der Wyden is one of my absolute favorites and I had the good fortune to have an art history teacher who really emphasized his importance. I don’t have a good theory on why this part of the passion isn’t often portrayed. Perhaps it was too mystical for the Renaissance?