by Peter Joseph Swanson
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April 13, 2007

HELL !!! A huge painting from the Louvre collection that is now visiting the Minneapolis Institute of Arts

October 19, 2009 02:02 PM EDT
views: 134 | rating: 10/10 (15 votes) | comments: 93

 

 

This one was a huge canvas !!!!

It's John Martin's painting of Hell called Pandemonium done about 1825.  He was inspired by Milton's Paradise Lost and the Book of Revelations for a lot of his works.

In the detail of the painting there are zillions of evil soldiers marching up out of the lava.  It's impossible to see that here, and hard to even see it in the huge original with your eyeballs as close as you can get before the museum guards beat you away with a stick, the detail of the soldiers is all so very very very very very tiny in the painting.

 

(bring your opera glasses)

 

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Comments: 93

ohhhh a campfire~ a BIG campfire~
I have marshmallows~ =D
Vivian P. Oct 19, 2009, 2:06pm EDT
and smart dogs ( the best of the soy dogs In my humble opinion)
mmmm~ the best closely followed by soyboys~ =D
Peter Joseph Swanson Oct 19, 2009, 2:08pm EDT
Smart Dogs are the best of them all

(will remember that)
Kat W. Oct 19, 2009, 8:24pm EDT
don't forget the S'mores!
Angel sent from God Secret Sisters Oct 19, 2009, 8:34pm EDT
I ll bring the chocolate !!
Angel sent from God Secret Sisters Oct 19, 2009, 8:35pm EDT
Just no body push me in ...that is one of my fears !!
Vivian P. Oct 19, 2009, 2:05pm EDT
opera glasses heck how about some field glasses and a set of bi-focals
ouch~my forehead just hit the screen and I still can't see the fleshy evil soilders~ poo
Peter Joseph Swanson Oct 19, 2009, 2:06pm EDT
What's really neat is all those caves under the building. They go way back and it glows back there !!!
M C. Oct 19, 2009, 2:07pm EDT
Nothing like seeing in person. Now I have to go find a picture of the 'detail' if that's possible.
A TREASURE HUNT!!!~ a evil TREASURE HUNT!!~ I'm in!
Peter Joseph Swanson Oct 19, 2009, 2:07pm EDT
This is what Wagner wished he could put on stage, for sure.
Dan R. Oct 19, 2009, 2:30pm EDT
Are you refering to "Der Ring des Nibelungen" or "Rienzi, der Letzte der Tribunen" Which I could actually see as being an excellent back drop for.

"Der Ring des Nibelungen" I would have a hard time seeing it as a scene for.
Peter Joseph Swanson Oct 19, 2009, 2:40pm EDT
I was thinking more along the lines of epic size and grandeur
Kimber L. Oct 19, 2009, 2:08pm EDT
I would love to see it first hand!
Peter Joseph Swanson Oct 19, 2009, 2:09pm EDT
In real life it has WOW !!!
Leo Lemmer Oct 19, 2009, 2:10pm EDT
Grand painting!
Turkey Casserole Oct 19, 2009, 2:17pm EDT
hey that looks like the town I live in!
Vivian P. Oct 19, 2009, 2:21pm EDT
why can't I remember that song by the Russian composer It would go perfect with this painting
Peter Joseph Swanson Oct 19, 2009, 2:24pm EDT
Night on Bald Mountain ???
Vivian P. Oct 19, 2009, 4:18pm EDT
I can't remember the name at all , it is used in movies and even cartoons where evil or Satan is present. It was used in Disneys first Fantasia Where the devil rises up at the witching hour.
Peter Joseph Swanson Oct 19, 2009, 4:48pm EDT
Night on Bald Mountain !!!
Vivian P. Oct 19, 2009, 4:51pm EDT
Ooooooooooh
Vivian P. Oct 19, 2009, 4:55pm EDT
Mussorgsky !
Sheryl L. Oct 19, 2009, 2:24pm EDT
That would be great to see in person.
Liz H. Oct 19, 2009, 2:40pm EDT
I'll have to check this out some weekend--looks amazing from just this shot...!
Tracy Fabre Oct 19, 2009, 2:43pm EDT
You gave me hell!
Peter Joseph Swanson Oct 19, 2009, 3:41pm EDT
I never promised you a rose garden
Tracy Fabre Oct 19, 2009, 3:43pm EDT
I beg your pardon.
Vivian P. Oct 19, 2009, 4:18pm EDT
you have to get a little rain sometime ?
Tracy Fabre Oct 19, 2009, 4:22pm EDT
Along with the sunshine.
Vivian P. Oct 19, 2009, 4:23pm EDT
something about
live and let live goes here..........
Tracy Fabre Oct 19, 2009, 4:27pm EDT
I could look it up but that'd be like work. Let's just sing quietly to ourselves, no matter whether we're in key or not. ;-)
Holly C. Oct 19, 2009, 2:45pm EDT
Beautiful. I'm sure it is even more wonderful in person.
D M. Oct 19, 2009, 2:52pm EDT
Not a place I'd want to visit but beautiful painting
ann c. Oct 19, 2009, 2:59pm EDT
They didn't really beat you with sticks, did they?
Peter Joseph Swanson Oct 19, 2009, 3:40pm EDT
ha ha
Monique Mealue Oct 19, 2009, 3:01pm EDT
A beautiful painting!
Johnice R. Oct 19, 2009, 3:12pm EDT
Impressive!

Just like something I have seen in a futuristic movie or one set on an "Angry planet".
:)
Diane "stormyz" B. Oct 19, 2009, 3:17pm EDT
That is an amazing painting!
Larry W. Oct 19, 2009, 3:23pm EDT
cool thanks for shareing
Very cool that you went to see it!
Barb (Gather Site Ferret) Carlson Oct 19, 2009, 4:04pm EDT
That's one hell of a painting!
Peter Joseph Swanson Oct 19, 2009, 4:14pm EDT
hell it is
Barb (Gather Site Ferret) Carlson Oct 19, 2009, 4:24pm EDT
The hell you say.
Vivian P. Oct 19, 2009, 4:35pm EDT
like hell
Barb (Gather Site Ferret) Carlson Oct 19, 2009, 4:36pm EDT
Oh hell
Vivian P. Oct 19, 2009, 4:58pm EDT
what the hell
Barb (Gather Site Ferret) Carlson Oct 19, 2009, 5:31pm EDT
Funny as hell
Heather W. Oct 19, 2009, 5:35pm EDT
You're all going to hell.

Don't mind me I just felt the urge to chime in.
Barb (Gather Site Ferret) Carlson Oct 19, 2009, 5:36pm EDT
Hellishly clever of you. :)
Vivian P. Oct 19, 2009, 5:46pm EDT
Hell no

the classic !
Barb (Gather Site Ferret) Carlson Oct 19, 2009, 9:22pm EDT
Hell yes!
Vivian P. Oct 19, 2009, 9:44pm EDT
h-e-double L
Barb (Gather Site Ferret) Carlson Oct 19, 2009, 10:05pm EDT
Hell-o
David C. Oct 19, 2009, 4:16pm EDT
Hell, I've seen fire and I've seen rain.
Vivian P. Oct 19, 2009, 4:24pm EDT
but I never thought I'd see you again
Vivian P. Oct 19, 2009, 4:26pm EDT
yeah I know I have consistently mussed up the lyrics to two songs and forgot the name of the most important
ann c. Oct 19, 2009, 4:29pm EDT
Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Now "I Never Promised You a Rose Garden" is stuck, stuck, stuck in my head!
Vivian P. Oct 19, 2009, 4:33pm EDT
well Ann try this one here

Their coming to take me away
Ha Ha
JOHN BECK Oct 19, 2009, 4:40pm EDT
I know you mean, "They're coming..." but I would blow my reputation if I didn't submit the proof read.
Vivian P. Oct 19, 2009, 4:43pm EDT
I have been messing up everything today. SO why not misspell a few words.
Oh and can you remember the Russian composer and the song name that would go with this pic ? It was on the original Fantasia
The music is running through my head but I can't come up with a name .
Vivian P. Oct 19, 2009, 4:44pm EDT
Oh it's a classical piece.
Peter Joseph Swanson Oct 19, 2009, 4:49pm EDT
NIGHT ON BALD MOUNTAIN

(I wrote a gather article about it once)
Peter Joseph Swanson Oct 19, 2009, 4:53pm EDT
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977719602
Vivian P. Oct 19, 2009, 5:01pm EDT
my brain is in reverse
it's all that stupid MP3 players fault !
I have no idea how I got AC/DC on it and now I can't get it off the darn thing !
jerome k. Oct 19, 2009, 5:01pm EDT
According to Wiki, you have a choice:
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Nutcracker Suite Op. 71a
Igor Stravinsky – The Rite of Spring
Modest Mussorgsky – Night on Bald Mountain and
Franz Schubert – Ave Maria
Vivian P. Oct 19, 2009, 5:12pm EDT
it's Night on Bald Mountain
JOHN BECK Oct 19, 2009, 4:39pm EDT
What doesn't show in the painting is the heat exchanger which heats the water running through pipes to the hot tub.
Vivian P. Oct 19, 2009, 4:40pm EDT
Oh
David C. Oct 19, 2009, 4:49pm EDT
Like smoke on the water, fire in the sky.
Peter Joseph Swanson Oct 19, 2009, 4:54pm EDT
Thank you now I have Deep Purple stuck in my head
Vivian P. Oct 19, 2009, 4:59pm EDT
Machine Head !
Vivian P. Oct 19, 2009, 4:59pm EDT
some stupid with a flare gun burnt the place to the ground
Peter Joseph Swanson Oct 19, 2009, 5:05pm EDT
My oldest brother had that record
Vivian P. Oct 19, 2009, 5:08pm EDT
I've had it in LP, cassette, and now CD
it's a classic.
Zeppelin is better though
Vivian P. Oct 19, 2009, 5:13pm EDT
Zepplelins music as performed by the London Symphonic orchestra is fantastic
Peter Joseph Swanson Oct 19, 2009, 5:17pm EDT
ha ha - I've heard that on the classical music radio station a few times.
La Case Sparrow Oct 19, 2009, 7:57pm EDT
at least the architecture is impressive
Erin O'Riordan Oct 19, 2009, 8:05pm EDT
It is so cool. I've never been to the Louvre, or anywhere near Paris, but I've seen some very impressive paintings at the Prado museum in Madrid. Chicago's Art Institute also has some really cool stuff: a Picasso (also of the devil!), a huge Georgia O'Keefe, Seurat's Dejeuner Ser l'Herbe, American Gothic...I've been there lots of times.
Kay M. Oct 19, 2009, 8:05pm EDT
It's awesome
P.W. Dowdy Oct 19, 2009, 9:05pm EDT
Isn't that building the home of the government just off the Champs-Elysée? Does anyone else think so? Martin's painting takes on another connotation if it is. (Should I smile knowingly??)

Anyway, Peter...another great sharing.
phil w. Oct 19, 2009, 9:34pm EDT
HELL'S BELLS !!!!
barb n. Oct 19, 2009, 9:39pm EDT
and dinge berries!!!
barb n. Oct 19, 2009, 9:40pm EDT
sh#t, dingle berries!!!!
Elizabeth R. Oct 19, 2009, 10:09pm EDT
Amazing work. Thanks for sharing.
Dan (Cowboy Up) V. Oct 19, 2009, 10:22pm EDT
I should drive like a bat outta hell to go see this.
Ed Da Head Toker Oct 20, 2009, 12:18am EDT
I have some marsh melons and hot dogs to roast.
donna h. Oct 20, 2009, 5:19am EDT
I would love to see this in person
Palmer S. Oct 20, 2009, 9:26am EDT
I second that.
Danielle P. Oct 20, 2009, 1:06pm EDT
This is amazing I'm sure in person.

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