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Raphael, St. Matthew study in red chalk for the Transfiguration.
Omiros, Olympic Javelin red chalk on paper.
Raphael and Omiros allow us to glimpse God, Heaven and the Divine with their versions of theophany, as
the stories have been told for millennia, and as they individually encounter God, Heaven and the Divine on
their own terms. The word sprezzatura, coined by Raphael’s famous friend Baldassare Castiglione, describes
a studied carelessness that conceals effort or artistry. Both Omiros and Raphael make it look easy! We want
to believe there is more to reality than what our five senses reveal, and so we look and see God, Heaven and
the Divine in Raphael and in Omiros’ masterpieces.
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