Konrad Witz 3

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Konrad Witz The Synagoge

Ecclesia also grasps her cross from under her scarlet robe; in her right hand she balances a chalice on which a single host is in turn balanced by divine funambulism. The square shape of the canvas – in Ecclesia and The Synagogue – helps reinforce the confined unreality of the two pictures. In The Synagogue, the yellow-robed figure has her eyes closed and the standard she carries is elegantly snapped off, unrealistically so, below the nib-like tip.

Konrad Witz Ecclesia

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2 thoughts on “Konrad Witz 3

  1. Dear Padraig Rooney’
    I first saw The Synagogue in Itten s Book of Colour almost fifty yers ago ,it s still the first image I turn to whenever I open the book.I began a series of transcriptions of it’metamorphosis’as it turns out, I think.You can see some of them,both sculptures and collage ,paintings on my blog atatched to my email.Thought it might interest you.
    Gareth Griffith.

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