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kolaboy β The Consecration of St Joan
Published: 2006-08-10 08:42:45 +0000 UTC; Views: 9114; Favourites: 191; Downloads: 48
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*A full (albeit small) version of this piece can be found here [link]Acrylic, 36X48 inches (Detail)
From the early 1990s. This is the upper quarter of the painting. Going through my files I inadvertently discovered that I had only one photo of this piece. and since I don't have access to it in the immediate future.....
So, apologies for the hateful quality of the photo. On the positive side (and I do like to camp out on that side whenever possible) the photo as is does give it a bit of a "beaten up Giotto" quality. I can't show the entire piece because I'm certain it would be in violation of something somewhere, and it's much too hot for melodrama and rebukes with numbers in the words.
Young Joan is nude, divesting herself of her worldly possessions, as a monk prepares to cut her hair with shears. The figure on the left is the embodiment of worldliness and temptation, holding in his/her right hand a stake that's upper portion is flesh, transforming midway to gold, then ending in a curled mass on the ground as sh*t. At Joan's feet a lamb whose throat has been slashed, bleeds a small river of protection around her...
I don't really mind relating some of the particulars of this piece since it's (for the most part) a fairly straightforward narrative, something which I felt the reverence of the subject demanded.
A review of an exhibition of mine singled out this piece for particular attention, and chose to use the words "Balthus" and "unwholesome" in the same sentence (I hate when that happens). Tis of no consequence; any "art critic" who hasn't heard of Arnold BΓΆcklin is not to be minded.
Egad, what a mass of words. Excuse please
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wonderful painting
your link to the full work doesn't work anymore. Do you have another link or the ability to post the full work?
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Thank you
I'll see if I can find the file...
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That sounds soooo epic I want to see the whole thing O_O!
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In a way, I sort of appreciate this much of the piece a bit more perhaps - maybe the same way the world loves Mona Lisa, lacking her panels.
I like the classical elements in this. It's cool. Of course, they're probably something I've seen in your work all along, and just never recognized.
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critics who equate "Balthus" with "unwholesome" are in dire need of re-education...
Boecklin's Isle of the Dead is the only thing I know of him... that work has always attracted me... /me must read more about him...
even though it's only a part I must :+fave: this
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This is brilliant! I love the old quality to it. Also never mind about the words that made 100 times more sense than artist statements I have to read in my classes. -_-; I do wish I could see it all though. 
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Loved this piece and like so many others here was frustrated getting the description but not being able to see the image. I have been a "fan" of this type of imaging especially inquisatorial/alegorical with regards to saints and their agonies and canonizations and the anointments by the church. Joan d'Arc is only one of many but definately an important and sometimes controversial one. Is there anywhere else one might see this image in it's entirety?
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I loved the mass of words, and I'd really like to see the omplete piece if it's possible, I love the interpretation and the technical citation of it.
One of your amazings 
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I hope that at some point you'll be able to show the whole piece. It looks like a fresco you would see in Italy or France. Very beautiful and poignant.
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beautiful, id love to see the whole piece
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wow after your rather long description (with regard to your other descriptions
I like your religious symbolism
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Unwholesome? This is fun for the whole family!
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I hope I get to see the whole thing someday. I really like what I see. Your an inspiration as always.
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I hope I get to see the whole thing someday. I really like what I see. Your an inspiration as always.
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The "naivety" of the two male's faces immediately reminded me of Hieronymous Bosch...darkly creepy work, which is a good thing in my books.
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I would really love to see the entire piece, i find this litte part of it to be more than interesting. The symbolics are just amazing.
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Fantastic. You know, DA might not be interested in showing the entire work, but I bet if you put it on a personal site and dropped the link here we'd all check it out.
Like I've said before, history will not forget you.
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Thanks man. I'm considering alternate routes insofar as work that might not fit into the predesignated guidelines of public websites, such as the present one.
Wow, what a sentence. That's 5 AM and sleeping pills for you.
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Yahtzee!
Wait. I mean Scrabble. This begs the question... what the hell is rolling around in this little plastic cup then?
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Ok, now I've got to go and have a session of Hungry Hungry Hippos.
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Yes, as Senecal says, please put up a link to the whole image, we'd love to see it all. Looks wonderful.
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Thanks, I'll see what I can do
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wow. i havent seen much modern religious art in which you can actually dicern what is going on, but man. you have this completely down. i'm in love with the colors and the style. fantastic
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even at a low quality, your work still shines.
and post the rest, public be damned.
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Thanks man. When I have a decent photo I just may do that.... just to see how fast it's taken down
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nowadays these admins are like the vogons, they need to get a release, sign it in triplicate, return it for noterization, wait 3 to 5 weeks, double noterize, and so on and so forth.
i wouldnt worry, i mean c'mon you have that senior member pull going.
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I hadn't considered the noterizin'... Good points.
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I'd so like to see the entire painting..but from what we've got here, I know it's wondrous to behold.
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I like the description as much as anything, it sounds like a remarkable piece
Rich*****
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Fantastic. I'd love to see the whole piece. Great style.
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honey! can you just upload the lower part? without her head
hehe...
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Oh how I wish I could see the lower part ... it's so beautiful ... love the questions it asks about beauty/materiality ... high-lights a paradox in society perhaps!
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