Today we discussed several more altarpieces. I really enjoyed our conversation about the Isenheim altarpiece. I think it’s interesting to think about the huge size of this altarpiece, even when it’s closed, and how that would impact the audience given the setting (many sick people in the hospital would view this art). To me, it is important to understand the context of this time period and how there were no medical advancements to stop this disease, so the monks were just there to pray for the patients in hopes they will be able to go to Heaven. In a way, the altarpiece was also helping their healing process as well. I enjoyed learning about the two specific saints depicted and why the artist chose these. To me, it is interesting how Saints could have one primary purpose \/ message, yet also be used for other situations for prayer. For example, St. Sebastian is a popular saint to pray to in terms of the plague however he is depicted here since his arrow wounds distorted his skin, so the patients could pray to him as well since they were dying of a skin disease. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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