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Title
Crucified Via Dolorosa 12
Artist
Lianne Schneider
Medium
Digital Art - Digital Painting/photographic Art
Description
The twelfth in a series of 14 images -
Photographic art based on a series of images I took myself of statues around the base of the 190 foot Groom Cross in Groom, Texas.
These images - 14 in all - are in fulfillment of a commission of 40x40 prints of the series that represent the 14 Stations of the Cross or Via Dolorosa (Way of Sorrows). The stations are vignettes of Jesus Christ's walk to Cavalry and his Crucifixion. Similar images in plaster, bronze, pewter, painted on wood panels or sculpted can be found in Christian churches throughout the world and in many communities, people from all denominations participate in "Living Stations" or "Passion plays" based on these same moments.
For many hundreds of years, from the early Middle Ages until more than a century after the Renaissance - Christian religious art dominated Western/European culture. Except for portraiture, one would have been hard put to find much secular art in Europe until the late 16th and 17th centuries.
Similar religious art still lives on in some places. In the small town of Groom, Texas, along Interstate 40, stands a 190 foot cross that can be seen across the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles from more than 20 miles away. Constructed by Steven Thomas over a period of 8 months, the huge metal cross stands today on private property near the highway. In the years following its construction, sculptor, Mickey Wells, created a series of life size bronze sculptures to add to the site. Twelve of these - representing 12 of the 14 Stations of the Cross - are placed in a circle around the central cross. Also called "The Way of Sorrows" or "Via Dolorosa," the stations depict the final hours in the life of Jesus - from his condemnation to his being laid in the tomb. There are many sensitive, enlightened people who are repelled by what seems to be a glorification of an especially brutal and gruesome death. My feeling is that the recreation of this Way of Sorrows is an attempt to understand and find meaning in suffering, particularly when it is undeserved. We ask this question every day when we are faced by the brutality human beings visit on one another and on other living creatures every single day. Why?
One late October afternoon driving down to Texas, I was one of the 1000 people a day who stop to see the Groom cross. I had only a few moments just before sunset to take the pictures I wanted to take - and while I acknowledge that I am a Christian, albeit a very non-traditional one who embraces the teachings of the Masters of many faith traditions and non-religious philosophies, I have to admit that it was the artistry of the sculptor that totally engaged my interest and awe. In the dying and too brilliant light of sunset, I snapped as many shots as I could - unfortunately paying little attention to composition or framing of any single shot.
But looking at my rather poor photos, it occurred to me that I might preserve my own impressions of these sculptures and at the same time pay tribute to the nearly 1000 years of religious art that dominated the Western world throughout the Middle Ages right up until the post-Reformation period. Much of this kind of art can still be seen in churches and cathedrals all over the world as well as in the great museums that house the masterpieces of the Medieval and Renaissance periods. I post them here over the next few days as ART. There is certainly no intention on my part to offend those of other religious traditions or non-religious traditions whose own artistic expressions I greatly admire. I've chosen to create my representation of the 14 stations along the Via Dolorosa in a style that I hope is reminiscent of the Middle Ages - using my own images of the sculptures found around the base of the Groom cross.
I would be remiss in not noting that all the textures including the one used for the background are from darkwood67 on Flickr.
Thank you so much to the following groups and hosts for featuring this image:
EXCELLENT SELF-TAUGHT ARTISTS - JOE
FAA FEATURED IMAGES - ROBERT
ART FROM THE PAST - JOUKO
DAILY DOSE OF WISDOM - ETI
PHOTOGRAPHY AND TEXTURES MAKE FINE ART - DARREN
ARTISTS BEST FIVE ARTWORKS - TINA
CHRISTIAN ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY - MARIE
1-2-3-4-5 - SHITLAPRASAD
CATHOLIC ART GALLERY - FRANK
CHRISTIAN THEME ARTWORK GROUP - GEORDIE
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June 10th, 2013
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San Francisco Bay Area, CA - United States
Congratulations on your sale from the bottom of my heart!
Homewood, IL - United States
Lianne -- Superb!! CONGRATULATIONS!! Your beautiful artwork has been Featured by the - CATHOLIC ART GALLERY - Fine Art Group on Pixels.com, a Fine Art America Company! Thank you for sharing it !! Keeping you in prayer always! Your beautiful life and Art makes a positive and lasting impression in this world.
Strykersville, NY - United States
Mitch, Jaroslaw, Victor and Sharon - as soon as I'm able after my bone marrow surgery I will be by your pages to thank you in person. Please know that I cherish your lovely comments. Thank you.
London, mi - United Kingdom
wonderful piece had to come back for another look ...truly sensational in all ways beautifully realised and rendered love it fl
Panama City Beach, FL - United States
Moving and beautiful!!! I found your bio. so interesting, as well! L
Strykersville, NY - United States
My most sincere thanks to ShitlaPrasad, Frank and Geordie for featuring this art work in their phenomenal groups - 1-2-3-4-5, CATHOLIC ART GALLERY and CHRISTIAN THEME ARTWORK GROUP. I'm deeply honored.
Chicago, IL - United States
Lainne this whole series is so beautiful and full of meaning..each one is a masterpiece in its own right. I am sure the buyer was wonderfully pleased with your work. I love these pieces!! v/f/t/g+
Homewood, IL - United States
Very reverent and meaningful, Lianne. Strong impact.
Lianne Schneider replied:
Thank you so much Frank - I'm reworking several of this series that I wasn't quite happy with but I'm so glad you can feel this one speak to you.
Strykersville, NY - United States
Thank you all for your lovely words of congratulations - I'm very touched by that outpouring of support. And I want to thank as well the groups and hosts listed in the description to the right for recently featuring this work. I am more honored than I can say.
Strykersville, NY - United States
Thanks so much to the buyer but also to each of you for helping me to celebrate and for your good wishes. That means more to me than I can tell you!
Winnipeg, MB - Canada
Congrats on your sale Lianne. What a fantastic work. Well deserved sale my friend.
Strykersville, NY - United States
It would be impossible for me to express to each of you my deep gratitude for your comments and votes on this work. It's a difficult piece, so your affirmation of my work means more than I can say...it's a true gift. I hope I have been able to return that gift in kind by visiting your work as well - if I haven't yet, I will soon.
Strykersville, NY - United States
Marie I am so deeply touched and honored by your feature of this image from the Via Dolorosa series. What an affirmation to be featured in CHRISTIAN ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY.
Strykersville, NY - United States
My sincere apology Tina that I did not acknowledge your feature of this image in ARTISTS BEST FIVE. I cannot tell you how meaningful that is. Thank you.
Milwaukee, WI - United States
This whole series is wonderfully creative and engaging. Love the complexity while maintaining cohesiveness across the entire image. Great layering and textures.
Indianapolis, IN - United States
I just revisited this beautiful series. There are certain pieces that bring tears to my eyes. As a body of work, this is powerful and quite magnificent! Your treatment is perfection, Lianne! You must have such a feeling of accomplishment after completing such a project! Well done!! V/F!
Lianne Schneider replied:
What an incredibly lovely thing to say Terry. It was extremely challenging but at the same time, enormously fulfilling to complete this series of 14 images. Perhaps I see this work more than others as a legacy of sorts - at least I hope that it is an offering worth leaving behind. Thank you so much for your lovely comment, f and v.
Peekskill, NY - United States
"Father forgive them for they do not know what they do' Lianne, Your Via Dolorosa is an outstanding achievement and must have been a very deeply touching experience for you to make, based on sensing my own deep emotions. It is an awesome work of art, perfect in visualization, My respect for the deep spirit of humanity you bring to this oeuvre.
Lianne Schneider replied:
I'm overcome with emotion Greta - yes, this was a challenging and yet inspiring series for me. I was so deeply moved by the original sculptures and yet, I thought plain photographs of them did not do them justice nor tell the story in the same way as fine art. I'm incredibly touched by your comment Greta and I thank you from my heart.
Strykersville, NY - United States
Tina - I am just incredibly honored by the feature in your group ARTISTS BEST FIVE. It's such an amazing honor. Thank you.
Melbourne, Vi - Australia
This series of images are simply stunning Lianne, congratulations on their success xx
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