Art & Popular Culture Archives » Mike Frost https://mikefrost.net/category/art-popular-culture/ AUTHOR | SPEAKER | MISSIOLOGIST | AGITATOR Tue, 26 Mar 2024 02:49:25 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 https://i0.wp.com/mikefrost.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cropped-MF.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Art & Popular Culture Archives » Mike Frost https://mikefrost.net/category/art-popular-culture/ 32 32 116298986 Picturing the Resurrection https://mikefrost.net/picturing-the-resurrection/ https://mikefrost.net/picturing-the-resurrection/#comments Tue, 26 Mar 2024 02:49:21 +0000 https://mikefrost.net/?p=32778 The best paintings of the resurrection don’t include Jesus in them. At least it seems that way. Seven years ago (was it really that long??) I asked the question as to whether Eugène Burnand’s 1867 painting The Disciples Peter and John Running to the Sepulchre on the Morning of the Resurrection was the greatest Easter […]

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]]> https://mikefrost.net/picturing-the-resurrection/feed/ 7 32778 The Perfect Ash Wednesday Picture https://mikefrost.net/the-perfect-ash-wednesday-picture/ https://mikefrost.net/the-perfect-ash-wednesday-picture/#comments Tue, 13 Feb 2024 02:27:30 +0000 https://mikefrost.net/?p=32801 What an eccentric painting this is. Carl Spitzweg’s 1860 painting Ash Wednesday depicts a clown, dressed presumably for Mardi Gras, languishing in a dark and dingy cell. Lit by a shaft of light from the high window opposite, he appears downcast, his head bowed and arms crossed in contrition and regret. To me, the clown […]

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]]> https://mikefrost.net/the-perfect-ash-wednesday-picture/feed/ 2 32801 The Most Tender of all Advent Paintings https://mikefrost.net/the-most-tender-of-all-advent-paintings/ https://mikefrost.net/the-most-tender-of-all-advent-paintings/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2022 10:54:23 +0000 https://mikefrost.net/?p=32241 Whenever I see Arthur Hacker’s 1892 painting, The Annunciation, I feel like I’m intruding on an intimate conversation. It’s a beautiful picture, private and evocative. The Virgin Mary is swathed in layers of soft, floating, light fabric, which has the effect of lending her multiple identities. She is a classical Greek statue, a priestess, and […]

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]]> https://mikefrost.net/the-most-tender-of-all-advent-paintings/feed/ 5 32241 Picturing Jesus — Part V: Does it Matter What Color Jesus is? https://mikefrost.net/picturing-jesus-part-v-does-it-matter-what-color-jesus-is/ https://mikefrost.net/picturing-jesus-part-v-does-it-matter-what-color-jesus-is/#comments Wed, 16 Mar 2022 23:07:58 +0000 https://mikefrost.net/?p=31920 I’m neither an artist nor an historian, but I’ve been fascinated with the way Jesus has been portrayed by artists throughout history. Over the next few posts I’m planning to take a very selective look at how we have pictured Jesus at different eras and in different cultures. You can read the others by checking […]

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]]> https://mikefrost.net/picturing-jesus-part-v-does-it-matter-what-color-jesus-is/feed/ 4 31920 Picturing Jesus — Part IV: Would Jesus carry a gun? https://mikefrost.net/picturing-jesus-part-iv-would-jesus-carry-a-gun/ https://mikefrost.net/picturing-jesus-part-iv-would-jesus-carry-a-gun/#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2022 10:17:12 +0000 https://mikefrost.net/?p=31886 I’m neither an artist nor an historian, but I’ve been fascinated with the way Jesus has been portrayed by artists throughout history. Over the next few posts I’m planning to take a very selective look at how we have pictured Jesus at different eras and in different cultures. You can read the earlier posts here and here and here. […]

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]]> https://mikefrost.net/picturing-jesus-part-iv-would-jesus-carry-a-gun/feed/ 2 31886 Picturing Jesus — Part III: Why is Jesus so white? https://mikefrost.net/picturing-jesus-part-iii-why-is-jesus-so-white/ https://mikefrost.net/picturing-jesus-part-iii-why-is-jesus-so-white/#comments Mon, 14 Mar 2022 01:00:57 +0000 https://mikefrost.net/?p=31861 I’m neither an artist nor an historian, but I’ve been fascinated with the way Jesus has been portrayed by artists throughout history. Over the next few posts I’m planning to take a very selective look at how we have pictured Jesus at different eras and in different cultures. You can read the earlier posts here […]

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]]> https://mikefrost.net/picturing-jesus-part-iii-why-is-jesus-so-white/feed/ 3 31861 Picturing Jesus — Part II: What is Jesus looking at up there? https://mikefrost.net/pictures-of-jesus-part-ii-what-is-jesus-looking-at-up-there/ https://mikefrost.net/pictures-of-jesus-part-ii-what-is-jesus-looking-at-up-there/#comments Fri, 11 Mar 2022 11:12:26 +0000 https://mikefrost.net/?p=31842 I’m neither an artist nor an historian, but I’ve been fascinated with the way Jesus has been portrayed by artists throughout history. Over the next few posts I’m planning to take a very selective look at how we have pictured Jesus at different eras and in different cultures. I remember visiting a cathedral once with […]

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]]> https://mikefrost.net/pictures-of-jesus-part-ii-what-is-jesus-looking-at-up-there/feed/ 1 31842 Picturing Jesus — Part I: Why is Jesus holding a wand? https://mikefrost.net/picturing-jesus-part-i-why-is-jesus-holding-a-wand/ https://mikefrost.net/picturing-jesus-part-i-why-is-jesus-holding-a-wand/#comments Thu, 10 Mar 2022 10:32:48 +0000 https://mikefrost.net/?p=31818 I’m neither an artist nor an historian, but I’ve been fascinated with the way Jesus has been portrayed by artists throughout history. Over the next few posts I’m planning to take a very selective look at how we have pictured Jesus at different eras and in different cultures. So, let’s start at the very beginning, […]

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]]> https://mikefrost.net/picturing-jesus-part-i-why-is-jesus-holding-a-wand/feed/ 3 31818 The Gospel According to Squid Game https://mikefrost.net/the-gospel-according-to-squid-game/ https://mikefrost.net/the-gospel-according-to-squid-game/#comments Mon, 18 Oct 2021 22:19:59 +0000 https://mikefrost.net/?p=31183 In a previous post I reflected on the awful depiction of a Korean pastor as one of the contestants in Netflix’s mega-hit Squid Game. In that post I explored the idea that Player 244 represented the view many Koreans have of Christians, especially pastors, as untrustworthy and greedy. But that isn’t to say Squid Game […]

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]]> https://mikefrost.net/the-gospel-according-to-squid-game/feed/ 3 31183 Can We Talk About the Korean Pastor in Squid Game? https://mikefrost.net/can-we-talk-about-the-korean-pastor-in-squid-game/ https://mikefrost.net/can-we-talk-about-the-korean-pastor-in-squid-game/#comments Fri, 15 Oct 2021 00:44:15 +0000 https://mikefrost.net/?p=31154 Squid Game, a dystopian South Korean drama about poor people playing deadly versions of children’s games, is on track to become Netflix’s most-watched show ever! It was so popular in South Korea it literally broke the Internet there.  And it’s nuts! Over 400 contestants enter the game, set in an elaborate warehouse on an undisclosed […]

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