Who is Saint Christopher?
In this BLOG, you ‘ll discover the story of the Christ-bearer who walked beside travelers for centuries — and still speaks to us today from the walls of churches.
Sulle spalle di San Cristoforo is an Italian blog about art and history.
You can find HERE all the English posts on the blog.
Here are the English translations of the latest articles about the saint.
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Saint Christopher crosses the Channel: a German image turns Welsh (Denbighshire)
It was certainly the Buxheim woodcut that inspired the Welsh painter of St Saeran’s Church in Denbighshire to create his fine Saint Christopher. Yet look closely at the saint’s feet. From the little fish of a river in Southern Germany to the abundant, dangerous marine life of coastal Wales!
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Otto Dix Paints Unsettling Saint Christophers in Nazi Germany
Otto Dix, persecuted by the Nazi regime, retreated to Lake Constance, where he devoted himself to landscapes and religious subjects. Between 1937 and 1944, Dix produced several versions of Saint Christopher, using them as metaphors for the suffering and uncertainty endured during the dark years of Nazism and the Second World War.
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San Cristoforo in the Rubble (3/3): Bono da Ferrara and the Ovetari Chapel
Saint Christopher Carrying the Christ Child located in the Ovetari Chapel in the Church of the Eremitani in Padua. was rdepicted by Bono from Ferrara. Saint Christopher is a simple man not the colossal saint rappresented by Mantegna.
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Saint Christopher martyr in Rio Mau (Portugal) bearing the Christ
In the church of Rio Mau in Portugal, (never-before-seen) images of Saint Christopher carrying Christ in his arms, and other images of the martyrdom
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Saint Christopher in the Rubble (1/3): the Ovetari Chapel in Church of the Eremitani Padua
In the Ovetari Chapel (bombed) in Padua, several artists worked on the life of Saint Christopher — among them a very young Andrea Mantegna.
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