In a message dated 97-10-18 11:24:11 EDT, you write:
> > Luke, evangelist: Mentions 6 miracles and 18 parables not referred to in
> > the other gospels - patron of physicians, surgeons and painters of
> > pictures.
>
> I have seen a few attribuitions of paintings, usually icons of Mary, to
> Luke. Is there any list of these attributions?
>
> tom izbicki
>
What period are the paintings from that are attributed to him?
I had the impression that Luke was either a physician or an artist, whcih is
probably why he's considered a patron of these occupations. Rogier van der
Weyden's Saint Luke Painting the Virgin exists in several copies and shows
him as an artist with a small sketchpad.
He's also the only Gentile Evangelist, and his perspective might be different
in a few small ways. In Gospel accounts of the Baptism, he's the only one
who says the Holy Spirit descended in the bodily form of a dove. The others
only say it descended in the manner of a dove, which leaves a greater
ambiguity about its "bodily form" (or if it had one). I thought they might
have meant to honor the Old Testament strictures against images of God by not
attributing a "bodily form" to the Holy Spirit. I'm relying on the KJV, so
anyone interested ought to check the Greek text to see if the wording is
comparable.
In painting, of course, the Holy Spirit came to be represented as a dove,
because you can't portray a simile ("in the manner of a dove") unless you
literalize it. Or the artists could have taken their cue from Luke.
pat sloane
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