Comments on: Ave Maria!  The Birth of Feminism? http://www.iddream.com/2005/12/08/ave-maria-the-birth-of-feminism/ Welcome to I'dDream.com, est. Nov 1999. Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:17:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Cas Kopacki http://www.iddream.com/2005/12/08/ave-maria-the-birth-of-feminism/comment-page-1/#comment-89 Cas Kopacki Sat, 10 Dec 2005 06:08:33 +0000 http://www.iddream.com/plete/?p=74#comment-89 Thanks for the lesson!  Having already been an admirer of fine art, it is somewhat of a revelation (relatively speaking) to me that in order to understand Catholicism and its place in history, the art and music inspired by Christianity must be studied and understood.  To me, the ultimate expression of the continued creation is through art, music, and craft. Thanks for the lesson!  Having already been an admirer of fine art, it is somewhat of a revelation (relatively speaking) to me that in order to understand Catholicism and its place in history, the art and music inspired by Christianity must be studied and understood.  To me, the ultimate expression of the continued creation is through art, music, and craft.

]]> By: Randy Bishop http://www.iddream.com/2005/12/08/ave-maria-the-birth-of-feminism/comment-page-1/#comment-88 Randy Bishop Sat, 10 Dec 2005 00:06:10 +0000 http://www.iddream.com/plete/?p=74#comment-88 Mary and I saw a few of El Greco’s masterpieces while visiting Toledo Spain back in 1997.  You can always tell if the artist feels the painting is one of his best because he’ll paint some light colored object toward the bottom right (in this case I’m guessing the flowers).  The view on the bottom of the painting is a bird’s eye view of Toledo. Here’s some of the work we saw in person: <a href="http://www.uic.edu/depts/ahaa/classes/ah111/L18/18-85.jpg" rel="nofollow">Link 1</a> <a href="http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/greco/spoliation.jpg" rel="nofollow">Link 2</a> <a href="http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/greco/baptism-1608.jpg" rel="nofollow">Link 3</a> Mary and I saw a few of El Greco’s masterpieces while visiting Toledo Spain back in 1997.  You can always tell if the artist feels the painting is one of his best because he’ll paint some light colored object toward the bottom right (in this case I’m guessing the flowers).  The view on the bottom of the painting is a bird’s eye view of Toledo.

Here’s some of the work we saw in person:

Link 1

Link 2

Link 3

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