Comments on: Guido Reni’s Saint Sebastian http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2008/02/17/guido-renis-saint-sebastian/ • • • Being a journal by artist and designer John Coulthart, cataloguing interests, obsessions and passing enthusiasms. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:18:07 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: John http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2008/02/17/guido-renis-saint-sebastian/comment-page-1/#comment-47256 John Sat, 23 Feb 2008 03:32:12 +0000 http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/?p=2847#comment-47256 Ha, okay it's a date! Although I think I'd need to get on a plane first... Ha, okay it’s a date! Although I think I’d need to get on a plane first…

]]> By: xtiaan http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2008/02/17/guido-renis-saint-sebastian/comment-page-1/#comment-47252 xtiaan Sat, 23 Feb 2008 03:00:53 +0000 http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/?p=2847#comment-47252 you are totally on my list of people id love to have over for dinner one day... you are totally on my list of people id love to have over for dinner one day…

]]> By: John http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2008/02/17/guido-renis-saint-sebastian/comment-page-1/#comment-47248 John Sat, 23 Feb 2008 00:29:46 +0000 http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/?p=2847#comment-47248 He did a bit of movie acting as well in the Sixties, there's photos you can find of him posing in a leather jacket. He did a bit of movie acting as well in the Sixties, there’s photos you can find of him posing in a leather jacket.

]]> By: xtiaan http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2008/02/17/guido-renis-saint-sebastian/comment-page-1/#comment-47222 xtiaan Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:16:43 +0000 http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/?p=2847#comment-47222 Ive read loads of mishima's books but who knew he was so....HOT.. Ive read loads of mishima’s books but who knew he was so….HOT..

]]> By: John http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2008/02/17/guido-renis-saint-sebastian/comment-page-1/#comment-47092 John Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:19:33 +0000 http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/?p=2847#comment-47092 Yes, although Wilde and co didn't seem too concerned with that. Oscar was obsessed with the pagan world, like many of his contemporaries, yet renouncing the church was pretty unthinkable in those days unless you were an outlaw like Aleister Crowley. And besides, he was also fascinated by the pomp and ceremony of the Catholics, something many British churchgoers regarded as unwholesome. Yes, although Wilde and co didn’t seem too concerned with that. Oscar was obsessed with the pagan world, like many of his contemporaries, yet renouncing the church was pretty unthinkable in those days unless you were an outlaw like Aleister Crowley. And besides, he was also fascinated by the pomp and ceremony of the Catholics, something many British churchgoers regarded as unwholesome.

]]> By: Thombeau http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2008/02/17/guido-renis-saint-sebastian/comment-page-1/#comment-47062 Thombeau Tue, 19 Feb 2008 03:47:30 +0000 http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/?p=2847#comment-47062 A wonderful post! Images of St. Sebastian may be quite iconic (among other things), but it seems the man himself had little compassion for "pagans". A wonderful post! Images of St. Sebastian may be quite iconic (among other things), but it seems the man himself had little compassion for “pagans”.

]]> By: adjoun http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2008/02/17/guido-renis-saint-sebastian/comment-page-1/#comment-47050 adjoun Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:41:17 +0000 http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/?p=2847#comment-47050 I have used the same image of mishima, made by eikoh hosoe, for an entry about as hort japanese S&M video by gareon http://klare-lijn.blogspot.com/2007/10/gareon-video.html I have used the same image of mishima, made by eikoh hosoe, for an entry about as hort japanese S&M video by gareon

http://klare-lijn.blogspot.com/2007/10/gareon-video.html

]]> By: John http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2008/02/17/guido-renis-saint-sebastian/comment-page-1/#comment-47010 John Mon, 18 Feb 2008 01:16:30 +0000 http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/?p=2847#comment-47010 Heh, I guessed you might be familiar with this one. Heh, I guessed you might be familiar with this one.

]]> By: sebastiane http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/2008/02/17/guido-renis-saint-sebastian/comment-page-1/#comment-46997 sebastiane Sun, 17 Feb 2008 17:32:20 +0000 http://www.johncoulthart.com/feuilleton/?p=2847#comment-46997 i've used the reni's ssebastiano in one of my profile for some years now, nice to find it in here. the extatic gaze of believing..... i’ve used the reni’s ssebastiano in one of my profile for some years now, nice to find it in here. the extatic gaze of believing…..

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