Art

An Image for Good Friday: The Isenheim Altarpiece

By thefiveminutecatholic April 18, 2014 1 Comment

Here is my favorite picture of the Crucifixion. It’s Matthias Grünewald’s Isemheim Altarpiece located in Colmar, France. I first saw it in Fr. Robert Barron’s Catholicism DVD series in Episode 2: “Happy Are We: The Teachings of Jesus”, and was instantly captivated by it. Between seeing the image and hearing Fr. Barron’s commentary (transcribed below), I felt […]

The Ognissanti Crucifix

By thefiveminutecatholic March 5, 2014 2 Comments

Here is a picture of a replica of the Ognissanti (All Saints) Crucifix I recently bought from a local, heroic Catholic bookstore. I really liked it as soon as I saw it but initially decided to look online at crucifixes a bit more before buying anything. Somewhere in my search online, I came across this […]