Il sera l’un des saints les plus représentés par les grands artistes. Jusqu’au moyen age ce sera un vieillard, puis on va le peindre sous les traits d’un jeune homme, en général très beau. Il va alors devenir le saint patron des homosexuels et de nombreux écrivains vont utiliser son prénom pour désigner un homosexuel dans la littérature. C’est le cas de Tennessee Williams dans « Soudain l’été dernier ».
60 œuvres d’art de la renaissance à nos jours sont présentées à la galerie Art Touch/Le Cube, sur Chilipepper. Une visite étonnante !
SAN SEBASTIAN, GAY ICON ?
Born in either Narbonne or Milan, Sebastian was captain of the Praetorian Guard to the Roman emperor. But Sebastian was a Christian, was making converts among the Romans, and the Emperor Diocletian condemned him to be executed by arrows « like a hedgehog ». But the archers, who greatly respected their commander ai,ed to miss his heart. Nursed by a young virgin, Irene, he reproached the emperor for his cruelty. Diocletian then sentenced him to be executed by being broken on the wheel.
Sebastian would be among the saints most often depicted by the great artists. Until the end of the Middle Ages Sebastian would be painted as older, but then came to be painted as a young man, often a very beautiful young man. In this way he became the patron saint of homosexuals and many writers used his name to denote a homosexual in literature. An example is Tennessee Williams in « Suddenly last summer ».
60 artworks from the Renaissance to the present day are exhibited in the Gallery Art Touch/Le Cube, on Chilipepper. An astonishing display!
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Ouverture de l’exposition SAINT SEBASTIEN, ICONE GAY ? sur Chilipepper.
60 œuvres d’arts surprenantes de la renaissance à nos jours.
Art Touch/ Le Cube
