Comments on: The Most Tender of all Advent Paintings https://mikefrost.net/the-most-tender-of-all-advent-paintings/ AUTHOR | SPEAKER | MISSIOLOGIST | AGITATOR Mon, 02 Dec 2024 03:57:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 By: bob https://mikefrost.net/the-most-tender-of-all-advent-paintings/#comment-71197 Mon, 02 Dec 2024 03:57:43 +0000 https://mikefrost.net/?p=32241#comment-71197 awesome sauce

]]> By: Ada https://mikefrost.net/the-most-tender-of-all-advent-paintings/#comment-44053 Sun, 18 Dec 2022 17:04:33 +0000 https://mikefrost.net/?p=32241#comment-44053 In reply to Barbara.

What a fascinating interpretation! I like it!
I was also going to comment how Mary’s expression is grave & determined, or even haunted. Courageous & brave.
It was a very dangerous task, & so young. I don’t think a lot of paintings of her show it – usually she’s serene & somewhat older. But the Holy Spirit must have also given her peace.

]]> By: Leanne Bateman https://mikefrost.net/the-most-tender-of-all-advent-paintings/#comment-44029 Thu, 15 Dec 2022 23:43:32 +0000 https://mikefrost.net/?p=32241#comment-44029 What a beautiful description of a beautiful painting. Thanks for sharing.

]]> By: Barbara https://mikefrost.net/the-most-tender-of-all-advent-paintings/#comment-44024 Thu, 15 Dec 2022 15:24:48 +0000 https://mikefrost.net/?p=32241#comment-44024 Thank you for sharing this powerful painting and your thoughtful insights. Mary is strikingly different than in other paintings I have seen. Here she looks Jewish and seems to stand for the suffering of God’s people through the centuries. Does anyone else interpret it this way?

]]> By: Jay Mumper https://mikefrost.net/the-most-tender-of-all-advent-paintings/#comment-44023 Thu, 15 Dec 2022 13:03:54 +0000 https://mikefrost.net/?p=32241#comment-44023 I am most taken by how young the girl in the painting appears. It gives a whole new impression of the reality of Mary’s age when she becomes a mother. The wispy material only accentuates her petite, innocent young frame.

]]> By: Paul Cannon https://mikefrost.net/the-most-tender-of-all-advent-paintings/#comment-44022 Thu, 15 Dec 2022 12:51:23 +0000 https://mikefrost.net/?p=32241#comment-44022 You say it well, wonderful piece.

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