An artwork for discussion at shrinemont
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Title: The Blinded Samson
Creator: Lovis Corinth
Date Created: 1912
Technique and material: Oil on canvas
Site: Alte Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Study questions
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The blinded figure rushes towards the viewer with a power that threatens to shatter the picture. Samson’s emotion is expressed in his heroic nakedness, embittered blood-streaked face, and hands that can smash stone. The work is Corinth’s third and last treatment of this theme. As a reaction to the stroke which threatened the artist’s life in December 1911, it shakes off the spell cast by Rembrandt's version..
Focal Biblical passages for the shrine mont Retreat
Judges 5, The Song of Deborah
Judges 5, The Song of Deborah
Judges 5, The Song of Deborah
As a guardian of Israel’s covenant and people, Deborah is essentially an ideal Mother Moses. Click on the Image above to reflect on the artwork. Click the Action Button below to read Judges 5.
Judges 7, Gideon
Judges 5, The Song of Deborah
Judges 5, The Song of Deborah
A reluctant judge, Gideon is at least as wavering in his doubts as Moses when God's angelic avatar commissions him. Click on the Image above to reflect on the artwork. Click the Action Button below to read Judges 7.
Judges 16,Samson & Delilah
Judges 5, The Song of Deborah
Judges 16,Samson & Delilah
What do you think of van Dyck's depiction of tragic lovers? Theologian Dorothée Sölle speaks of "tender attachment." Click on the Image above to reflect on the artwork. Click the Action Button below to read Judges 16.