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Tradition and artistic innovation
The church painter and artist Eberhard Münch has translated the basic characteristics of the lives and spirituality of the saints into an abstract language of colours and shapes.
The overlapping areas do not only serve to improve the composition. Their intertwining with the lighter tones creates a finely nuanced colour realm for the immaterial word of transcendence. As reproductions on scapulars in pure silk, the designs captivate the viewer with their strong expressive power and bright colours. The gold hand embroidery which outlines the contours, attributes, and haloes also provides a very refined touch. The “SANCTUS” collection follows on the great success of “Changing Paramentics”. It complements the more fixed cycle based on the Church year with its liturgical colours. “Our customers now have even more options for combining the silk scapulars with the mass vestments.”
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Eberhard Münch - Andreas Püttmann - Bishop Elmar Fischer (Diocese of Feldkirch)
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The SCHREIBMAYR company’s new parament collection “SANCTUS” was presented for the first time at the GLORIA Church Fair in Dornbirn in October 2007.
Eine erfolgreiche Präsentation auf der Kirchenfachmesse "ecclesia" in Köln liegt nun hinter uns. Wir danken unseren Kunden und Interessenten für die offenen Gespräche, die Kritik und vielen Komplimente. Diese Kritik ist sehr wichtig für uns.
So können wir in Zukunft noch besser auf die Wünsche unserer Kunden eingehen. Ihr Lob bestätigt uns auf dem richtigen Weg zu sein.
Entry from our guest book:
Impressed by the craftsmanship; the religious depth and the expression in the colour composition and Christian symbolism as well as enthusiasm for the great artist Mr. Münch leave me with a feeling of joy and confidence in Church service.
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From the Catechism of the Catholic Church, 1993: The witnesses who have preceded us into the kingdom . . . contemplate God, praise Him and constantly care for those whom they have left on earth. When they entered into the joy of their Master, they were “put in charge of many things.” (cf. Mt 25,21). Their intercession is their most exalted service to God’s plan. We can and should ask them to intercede for us and for the whole world." (2683)
In the style of watercolours as if painted on silk, with the stylistic devices of colour symbolism, the portrayals of the saints are supported by the constants of the cross of Jesus Christ.
I sincerely thank Mr. Andreas Püttmann for developing paraments for our times.
Eberhard Münch
The “Saints” parament cycle tries to build on the tradition of the portrayal of saints and gives impulses for a new approach to veneration of the saints.
Expressive artistic means, reduced abstract symbolism, and colourful compositions serve to facilitate a meditative dialogue between the work of art and the viewer.
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IMAGES OF SAINTS
Images of saints decorate the walls of Greek and Russian churches. Saints stand on the columns of Gothic churches. And many altars in Gothic and Baroque churches are covered with saints. All of them have their symbols. The symbols express what God would like to heal and change in us, too. The images of saints are there to make God’s healing influence on us visible to us. They show what effect God can have on us as well. God’s glory shines in the images of saints. The saints are like a prism in which God’s beauty and God’s salvation are reflected in a different way in each one. The images of saints are not concerned with human assets or with humans as ideals, but rather always with God’s influence on people. God’s influence is invisible. But we are allowed to see God’s effect in a human face. God’s glory shines there. It is there that the salvation becomes visible that heals and sanctifies a person. So the images of saints are images of the hope that God may also penetrate our average and often enough flawed and sinful existence with His love and thus fill it with His light. We too are permitted to be witnesses of his glory. The saints stand for an optimistic belief, for the belief that God will change everything in us so that it all will proclaim His love, His saving influence, and His light.
Father Anselm Grün
Discriptions of the images by Father Anselm Grün
Copyright - Kunst Buch Gnadenthal
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incl. UST 19%: 617,92 EUR
incl. UST 7%: 5,16 EUR
Sum 3.949,01 EUR
excl. Shipping costs
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