Comments on: The Virgin of the Lilies – William Bouguereau http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/05/28/virgin-lilies-william-bouguereau/ I am not out of my mind, most excellent Festus, but I utter words of sober truth. Tue, 07 May 2013 18:28:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: webmaster http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/05/28/virgin-lilies-william-bouguereau/comment-page-1/#comment-80305 webmaster Wed, 30 May 2012 12:44:32 +0000 http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/?p=25592#comment-80305 Thanks Goy!

]]> By: Goy http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/05/28/virgin-lilies-william-bouguereau/comment-page-1/#comment-80271 Goy Wed, 30 May 2012 08:48:54 +0000 http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/?p=25592#comment-80271 The ‘fleur-de-lis’ symbolisim in the painting of the hands is interesting, physically it’s not easy to form the fingers in the ‘fleur-de-lis’ position.

Love this image, thanks for posting webmaster. :-)

]]> By: Tim http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/05/28/virgin-lilies-william-bouguereau/comment-page-1/#comment-80256 Tim Wed, 30 May 2012 07:02:35 +0000 http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/?p=25592#comment-80256 I love icons, the Orthodox kind. I don’t venerate them or anything, but I love the colours, the primitive quality, the visual link/connection back in time to the early church. For some reason reformation style art always depresses me, don’t know why.

]]> By: webmaster http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/05/28/virgin-lilies-william-bouguereau/comment-page-1/#comment-80143 webmaster Tue, 29 May 2012 16:22:26 +0000 http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/?p=25592#comment-80143 Thanks Stacy.

I thought I was alone in loving his work until I noticed the image at the side of your blog :)

]]> By: Stacy Trasancos http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2012/05/28/virgin-lilies-william-bouguereau/comment-page-1/#comment-80141 Stacy Trasancos Tue, 29 May 2012 16:00:12 +0000 http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/?p=25592#comment-80141 I love the hands and eyes, and how Bouguereau makes his subjects appear so — beyond real — so realistic, but also surreal. It reminds me of how faith and reason go together.

Check these out: http://www.acceptingabundance.com/christ-the-savior-artwork-by-william-adolphe-bouguereau/

Thanks for posting this. I love his work. Someday maybe I can see some of them in real life, although I really appreciate the high quality digital images.

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