Art and Faith

Sunday, 2 March 2008

Ilya Repin. David and Goliath. 1915

Filed under: Orthodox, Russian, early modern, fine art, historical, religious — 01varvara @ 1330

ilya-repin-david-and-goliath-1915.jpgDavid and Goliath (Ilya Repin, 1915)

We are going to leave Mr Repin for the time being with this work. I find this painting to have meaning for we Orthodox in America in regards to the current crisis. The “powers that be” are laughing at us, calling us names, making vicious ad hominem attacks, and they truly think that they can still fool us into supporting them.

Let’s see… David DID defeat Goliath, did he not? Hmm…

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