Bernini and the Roman Baroque
Guillaume Courtois,
called I Borgognone, 1628-1679
Hagar and Ishmael, c. 1670
Oil on canvas
One of my favorite bible stories because it gives men so much guidance for how to live our lives in a truly godly manner.
1. It is ok to have slaves.
2. It is ok to use others for your sexual gratification if they are powerless to resist.
3. While your are having extramarital sex by all means continue to have sex with your wife.
4. If your "mistress" has a child treat it as your own, this will give your captive a false sense of security that can make your life easier.
5. If your wife has a child try to keep the status quo of a two wife lifestyle for as long as you can, in other words keep the lie alive.
6. When your wife has finally had enough it is perfectly ok to throw your child and his mother away to starve to death in the dessert because that is what a godly man would do.
Hagar, as told in the Old Testament, was an enslaved Egyptian woman. She was a handmaiden (slave) to Sarah, the wife of Abraham.
Because Sarah believed she was too old to bear children, her husband conceived a child with Hagar. After the child Ishmael is born, Sarah then becomes pregnant and gives birth to Isaac. After years of growing tension between the women and
their children, Sarah demands that her husband banish Hagar and her son in the desert.
Abandoned and with only small rations of food and water, the pair wander hopelessly. At the last moment, an angel miraculously appears to save them from death. Typical for an artist of the Baroque period, Guillaume Courtois chose to depict that highly dramatic scene. He heightens sense of excitement through his exuberant use of color and form.
Fagiolo Collection, Palazzo Chigi, Ariccia
Bernini and the Roman Baroque
Guillaume Courtois,
called I Borgognone, 1628-1679
Hagar and Ishmael, c. 1670
Oil on canvas
One of my favorite bible stories because it gives men so much guidance for how to live our lives in a truly godly manner.
1. It is ok to have slaves.
2. It is ok to use others for your sexual gratification if they are powerless to resist.
3. While your are having extramarital sex by all means continue to have sex with your wife.
4. If your "mistress" has a child treat it as your own, this will give your captive a false sense of security that can make your life easier.
5. If your wife has a child try to keep the status quo of a two wife lifestyle for as long as you can, in other words keep the lie alive.
6. When your wife has finally had enough it is perfectly ok to throw your child and his mother away to starve to death in the dessert because that is what a godly man would do.
Hagar, as told in the Old Testament, was an enslaved Egyptian woman. She was a handmaiden (slave) to Sarah, the wife of Abraham.
Because Sarah believed she was too old to bear children, her husband conceived a child with Hagar. After the child Ishmael is born, Sarah then becomes pregnant and gives birth to Isaac. After years of growing tension between the women and
their children, Sarah demands that her husband banish Hagar and her son in the desert.
Abandoned and with only small rations of food and water, the pair wander hopelessly. At the last moment, an angel miraculously appears to save them from death. Typical for an artist of the Baroque period, Guillaume Courtois chose to depict that highly dramatic scene. He heightens sense of excitement through his exuberant use of color and form.
Fagiolo Collection, Palazzo Chigi, Ariccia