Well, it is not easy to understand the artist’s
intention with the nudity solely by looking, but it is understood that we are
dealing with biblical typology, which in Greek is Typos = form or design and
logos= word. It is a Jewish imagery interpreted with Christian doctrine for the
understanding of Christ, the Church, and salvation in a pre-interpreted content
in the Old Testament models. It is people and events of the old testament seen
as prophetic role model of what would happen in the church’s life an history
(Like for example: the New Testament).
As far away as I want to go away from the biblical
interpretation, I find myself writing about it over and over again, so it must
have a great emphasis. The father lost his son to find out that he discovered
the return of his son, which takes me to the span of mercy and forgiveness. I
hope I do not step over any toes, but I am solely trying to interpret this
sculpture, but as I understand it seems like the forgiver is the father or a
resemblance of God’s unlimited mercy. The jealous big brother is the one that
is believes he can buy his father’s love by duties, but it an elegant example
of how some families work even today.
Everybody must have heard about the intensity of how
parents will favor some of their kids over some other kids they have, and that
is the implication I am leaning against. It is not understood that God forgives
for purposes of new starts, but I must say that it can be confusing or more deterrent.
I say deterrent, because it is not to be known how
the big brother will act in such a situation, but going back to the artistic
formulation of this sculpture; I believe it is made with deep deterrence for
the good son, whereas it implies free boundaries for learning for the prodigal
son. It is deterrent for the good son, because the sculpture is made where both
the father and the prodigal son are completely naked.
I believe that the artist’s purpose was to show the
great intimacy breaking the social norms and bringing up non-judgmental
feelings to the surface.
On the other hand, there are a lot of different
artists that has created/re-created similar scenes. Here are some examples:
The Prodigal Son in the Arms of His Father by Gustave Dore
The Retun of the Prodigal Son by Rembrandt
The Prodigal Son by Leonard Baskin
Please see the links for more information…
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