Title: | The Blind Man's Meal (detail) |
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Notes: | For those of us in the sighted world, we cannot imagine being unable to see. We are moved to pity for those who do not "see" the world in the way that we do. But Picasso's painting forces us to reconsider; his subject touches the pitcher of wine, and holds the bread, symbols of Christ's own life and death. The "blind" man may indeed "see" God far more deeply than those of us who are distracted by the busyness of the sighted world. |
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Date: | 1903 |
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Artist: | Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973 |
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Building: | Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Object/Function: | Painting |
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City/Town: | New York
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State: | NY
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Country: | United States
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Scripture: | Isaiah 35:1-10
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Lectionary links: | AAdvt03
BProp25
CHoly01
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General Subject: | Blindness
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Copyright Source: | http://www.flickr.com/photos/clairity/2232804348/ |
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Copyright Permission: | Please visit the URL in the Copyright Source field on this page for details about reusing this image. |
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Attribution: | Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973. The Blind Man's Meal (detail), from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=54229 [retrieved December 11, 2024]. Original source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/clairity/2232804348/. |
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Record Number: | 54229
Last Updated: 2021-09-09 06:12:45
Record Created: 2009-03-19 09:05:14 |
Institution: | Vanderbilt University
Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition |