![]() ![]() And I lay down my life for the sheep.” (NRSV) I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father. The hired hand runs away because a hired hand does not care for the sheep. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.The hired hand, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away-and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. Parable in John 10:11-15: “I am the good shepherd. ![]() This mosaic panel is the centre of a vaulted arch leading from the crossing to the Minor Canons’ Aisle which is also decorated in mosaic in red and gold, using various ornaments first used in ancient mosaics. The whole is set in a square with representations of grapes and vine against a golden background, with an outer frame of scrolling foliage in gold against a blue background. His arms are opened in a blessing gesture a mountain range as a dark blue silhouette forms the background against a golden sky, surrounded by a wreath frame in blue and gold. Once the visitor reaches the far end of the quire he encounters another image of Christ in the Apse: The Risen Christ in Glory between the Recording angels of the Last Judgement.īrief description: Christ depicted as man with a beard in a white hooded tunic, seated at the centre of a flock of sheep, with a lamb on his lap. Here it serves as one of the two portrayals of Christ in the ceilings of the the two side entrances to the quire. The subject saw a revival in the nineteenth-century. The Good Shepherd is one of the longest-established representations of Christ and features in the iconography of some of the earliest monumental and mosiac depictions of Him. One 19th century scholar characterised Blake as a "glorious luminary", "a man not forestalled by predecessors, nor to be classed with contemporaries, nor to be replaced by known or readily surmisable successors.Opaque glass mosaic, designed by William Blake Richmond, executed by Messrs Powell of Whitefriars, completed by 1904 Reverent of the Bible but hostile to the established Church, Blake was influenced by the ideals and ambitions of the French and American revolutions, as well as by such thinkers as Emanuel Swedenborg.ĭespite these known influences, the originality and singularity of Blake's work make it difficult to classify. His work has been characterized as part of the Romantic movement, or even "Pre-Romantic", for its largely having appeared in the 18th century. Once considered mad for his idiosyncratic views, Blake is highly regarded today for his expressiveness and creativity, and the philosophical and mystical currents that underlie his work. His visual artistry has led one modern critic to proclaim him "far and away the greatest artist Britain has ever produced." Although he only once travelled any further than a day's walk outside London over the course of his life, his creative vision engendered a diverse and symbolically rich corpus, which embraced 'imagination' as "the body of God", or "Human existence itself". Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake's work is today considered seminal and significant in the history of both poetry and the visual arts.īlake's prophetic poetry has been said to form "what is in proportion to its merits the least read body of poetry in the language". William Blake was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. ![]()
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