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Accuracy of Church art
Accuracy of Church art
Summary: People are sometimes troubled when they see artists' depictions of the Prophet and Oliver sitting at a table while Joseph views the plates as they sit in plain sight. Obviously, the plates often didn't sit in plain view, and these artistic interpretations originate purely in the mind of the artist. Some accounts indicate that the plates sat on a table covered with a cloth "in plain view," with Emma indicating that she actually moved them around in order to perform her household chores.[1]
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- Question: Does Church art always reflect reality?
- Question: Why are people concerned about Church artwork?
- Question: Is the Church trying to hide something through its use of artwork?
- Question: Why doesn't the art match details which have been repeatedly spelled out in Church publications?
- Question: How do non-Mormon artists treat the Nativity?
- Question: What message does the Book of Mormon translation painting convey?
Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition of the pattern.
Alfred North Whitehead, Dialogues (1954)
Accuracy of Church art
Summary: People are sometimes troubled when they see artists' depictions of the Prophet and Oliver sitting at a table while Joseph views the plates as they sit in plain sight. Obviously, the plates often didn't sit in plain view, and these artistic interpretations originate purely in the mind of the artist. Some accounts indicate that the plates sat on a table covered with a cloth "in plain view," with Emma indicating that she actually moved them around in order to perform her household chores.[2]
Jump to details:
- Question: Does Church art always reflect reality?
- Question: Why are people concerned about Church artwork?
- Question: Is the Church trying to hide something through its use of artwork?
- Question: Why doesn't the art match details which have been repeatedly spelled out in Church publications?
- Question: How do non-Mormon artists treat the Nativity?
- Question: What message does the Book of Mormon translation painting convey?
Accuracy of Church art
Summary: People are sometimes troubled when they see artists' depictions of the Prophet and Oliver sitting at a table while Joseph views the plates as they sit in plain sight. Obviously, the plates often didn't sit in plain view, and these artistic interpretations originate purely in the mind of the artist. Some accounts indicate that the plates sat on a table covered with a cloth "in plain view," with Emma indicating that she actually moved them around in order to perform her household chores.[3]
Jump to details:
- Question: Does Church art always reflect reality?
- Question: Why are people concerned about Church artwork?
- Question: Is the Church trying to hide something through its use of artwork?
- Question: Why doesn't the art match details which have been repeatedly spelled out in Church publications?
- Question: How do non-Mormon artists treat the Nativity?
- Question: What message does the Book of Mormon translation painting convey?
Accuracy of Church art
Summary: People are sometimes troubled when they see artists' depictions of the Prophet and Oliver sitting at a table while Joseph views the plates as they sit in plain sight. Obviously, the plates often didn't sit in plain view, and these artistic interpretations originate purely in the mind of the artist. Some accounts indicate that the plates sat on a table covered with a cloth "in plain view," with Emma indicating that she actually moved them around in order to perform her household chores.[4]
Jump to details:
- Question: Does Church art always reflect reality?
- Question: Why are people concerned about Church artwork?
- Question: Is the Church trying to hide something through its use of artwork?
- Question: Why doesn't the art match details which have been repeatedly spelled out in Church publications?
- Question: How do non-Mormon artists treat the Nativity?
- Question: What message does the Book of Mormon translation painting convey?
Accuracy of Church art
Summary: People are sometimes troubled when they see artists' depictions of the Prophet and Oliver sitting at a table while Joseph views the plates as they sit in plain sight. Obviously, the plates often didn't sit in plain view, and these artistic interpretations originate purely in the mind of the artist. Some accounts indicate that the plates sat on a table covered with a cloth "in plain view," with Emma indicating that she actually moved them around in order to perform her household chores.[5]
Jump to details:
- Question: Does Church art always reflect reality?
- Question: Why are people concerned about Church artwork?
- Question: Is the Church trying to hide something through its use of artwork?
- Question: Why doesn't the art match details which have been repeatedly spelled out in Church publications?
- Question: How do non-Mormon artists treat the Nativity?
- Question: What message does the Book of Mormon translation painting convey?
Accuracy of Church art
Summary: People are sometimes troubled when they see artists' depictions of the Prophet and Oliver sitting at a table while Joseph views the plates as they sit in plain sight. Obviously, the plates often didn't sit in plain view, and these artistic interpretations originate purely in the mind of the artist. Some accounts indicate that the plates sat on a table covered with a cloth "in plain view," with Emma indicating that she actually moved them around in order to perform her household chores.[6]
Jump to details:
- Question: Does Church art always reflect reality?
- Question: Why are people concerned about Church artwork?
- Question: Is the Church trying to hide something through its use of artwork?
- Question: Why doesn't the art match details which have been repeatedly spelled out in Church publications?
- Question: How do non-Mormon artists treat the Nativity?
- Question: What message does the Book of Mormon translation painting convey?
Accuracy of Church art
Summary: People are sometimes troubled when they see artists' depictions of the Prophet and Oliver sitting at a table while Joseph views the plates as they sit in plain sight. Obviously, the plates often didn't sit in plain view, and these artistic interpretations originate purely in the mind of the artist. Some accounts indicate that the plates sat on a table covered with a cloth "in plain view," with Emma indicating that she actually moved them around in order to perform her household chores.[7]
Jump to details:
- Question: Does Church art always reflect reality?
- Question: Why are people concerned about Church artwork?
- Question: Is the Church trying to hide something through its use of artwork?
- Question: Why doesn't the art match details which have been repeatedly spelled out in Church publications?
- Question: How do non-Mormon artists treat the Nativity?
- Question: What message does the Book of Mormon translation painting convey?
Notes
- ↑ Interview of Emma Smith by her son Joseph Smith III, "Interview with Joseph Smith III, 1879," Dan Vogel (editor), Early Mormon Documents (Salt Lake City, Signature Books, 1996–2003), 5 vols, 1:541–542.
- ↑ Interview of Emma Smith by her son Joseph Smith III, "Interview with Joseph Smith III, 1879," Dan Vogel (editor), Early Mormon Documents (Salt Lake City, Signature Books, 1996–2003), 5 vols, 1:541–542.
- ↑ Interview of Emma Smith by her son Joseph Smith III, "Interview with Joseph Smith III, 1879," Dan Vogel (editor), Early Mormon Documents (Salt Lake City, Signature Books, 1996–2003), 5 vols, 1:541–542.
- ↑ Interview of Emma Smith by her son Joseph Smith III, "Interview with Joseph Smith III, 1879," Dan Vogel (editor), Early Mormon Documents (Salt Lake City, Signature Books, 1996–2003), 5 vols, 1:541–542.
- ↑ Interview of Emma Smith by her son Joseph Smith III, "Interview with Joseph Smith III, 1879," Dan Vogel (editor), Early Mormon Documents (Salt Lake City, Signature Books, 1996–2003), 5 vols, 1:541–542.
- ↑ Interview of Emma Smith by her son Joseph Smith III, "Interview with Joseph Smith III, 1879," Dan Vogel (editor), Early Mormon Documents (Salt Lake City, Signature Books, 1996–2003), 5 vols, 1:541–542.
- ↑ Interview of Emma Smith by her son Joseph Smith III, "Interview with Joseph Smith III, 1879," Dan Vogel (editor), Early Mormon Documents (Salt Lake City, Signature Books, 1996–2003), 5 vols, 1:541–542.
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