{"id":26232,"date":"2023-08-26T03:14:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-26T09:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/?p=26232"},"modified":"2023-08-25T15:24:28","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T21:24:28","slug":"a-new-piece-of-art-in-our-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2023\/08\/a-new-piece-of-art-in-our-home\/","title":{"rendered":"A new piece of art in our home"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mercy Claimeth That Which is Her Own by Jonathan Linton, 2002; oil on canvas (This image does not show how beautiful this painting is in real life.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

What stands out to you in this painting?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For me, it is the woman’s sweet face and attitude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is the artist’s statement,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This painting is a personification of justice being satisfied by the gift of Christ, symbolized by light, and of mercy claiming the penitent man. This stands for the grace extended to all such souls who put their faith in Christ. “For behold, justice exerciseth all his demands, and also mercy claimeth all which is her own; and thus, none but the truly penitent are saved. What, do ye suppose that mercy can rob justice? I say unto you, Nay; not one whit. If so, God would cease to be God” (Alma 42:24; 25). These figures are complex, multifaceted symbolical elements in the composition. Further elements include a large spacious field representing the world, the sunset representing the end of the earthly life that each person eventually faces, and the balustrade separating mortal life from the next stage of existence.<\/p>\nfrom the Church of Jesus Christ website<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The original painting is on display in the Conference Center in Salt Lake City, and I ordered a canvas print of it from the Church History Museum gift shop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I love what it teaches without words about Jesus Christ, justice, and mercy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What stands out to you in this painting? For me, it is the woman’s sweet face and attitude. Here is the artist’s statement, This painting is a personification of justice being satisfied by the gift of Christ, symbolized by light, and of mercy claiming the penitent man. This stands for the grace extended to all … Continue reading A new piece of art in our home<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,33,46,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-book-of-mormon","category-faith","category-jesus-christ"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26232"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26292,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26232\/revisions\/26292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}