Comments on: “Alive and Real, and of Immense Stature”: Arnold Friberg’s Book of Mormon Paintings http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/02/03/%e2%80%9calive-and-real-and-of-immense-stature%e2%80%9d-arnold-fribergs-book-of-mormon-paintings/ Where our past is never very long ago Sat, 18 May 2013 04:38:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Steve http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/02/03/%e2%80%9calive-and-real-and-of-immense-stature%e2%80%9d-arnold-fribergs-book-of-mormon-paintings/comment-page-1/#comment-149147 Steve Sat, 05 Nov 2011 22:37:08 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=5612#comment-149147 I just want to know what kind of shoes Lehi is wearing in the painting with the Liahona. His are closed-toe (in contrast to all the other sandals in the painting) and the toes come to a point which appears to have a cord attached to it that runs up straight up to the topmost leather band around his leg. The cord appears to be pulling the toes up in the air. Would this make walking easier? Or is it just some strange fashion statement?

]]> By: Ardis E. Parshall http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/02/03/%e2%80%9calive-and-real-and-of-immense-stature%e2%80%9d-arnold-fribergs-book-of-mormon-paintings/comment-page-1/#comment-56849 Ardis E. Parshall Wed, 06 Apr 2011 21:06:23 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=5612#comment-56849 stan, check your email.

]]> By: stan http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/02/03/%e2%80%9calive-and-real-and-of-immense-stature%e2%80%9d-arnold-fribergs-book-of-mormon-paintings/comment-page-1/#comment-56842 stan Wed, 06 Apr 2011 19:58:35 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=5612#comment-56842 Ardis: Do you know if this report by Friberg is published anywhere, or available online?

]]> By: John Pack Lambert http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/02/03/%e2%80%9calive-and-real-and-of-immense-stature%e2%80%9d-arnold-fribergs-book-of-mormon-paintings/comment-page-1/#comment-20085 John Pack Lambert Sun, 28 Feb 2010 04:02:54 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=5612#comment-20085 I am unaware of where in the text Abinadi’s age is ever inplied. Clark, if you could explain that it would be helpful, since I have always thought that while the text does not say Abinadi was old, it also does not say Abinadi was young.

]]> By: Clark http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/02/03/%e2%80%9calive-and-real-and-of-immense-stature%e2%80%9d-arnold-fribergs-book-of-mormon-paintings/comment-page-1/#comment-19571 Clark Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:08:49 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=5612#comment-19571 BYU Studies did a great story on Friberg a few years ago, and I remember the quote that Friberg painted his heroes to heroic proportions because he wanted them to look like they could have done the things the book says they did.

It also mentions that the model for Abinadi was the old missionary who converted his family (which explains why he looks so old when the text implies he was so young.)

It’s here (http://byustudies.byu.edu/showTitle.aspx?title=6927) if anyone wants to check it out.

Considering how much Friburg’s Book of Mormon painting have done for the Church, I get a little bugged (like #9 above) when they’re blantantly copied in the form of kitchy “action figures” sold at Deseret Books.

]]> By: Ardis E. Parshall http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/02/03/%e2%80%9calive-and-real-and-of-immense-stature%e2%80%9d-arnold-fribergs-book-of-mormon-paintings/comment-page-1/#comment-19568 Ardis E. Parshall Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:01:33 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=5612#comment-19568 Yeah, you DO need to come by more often! (I have to say that on principle.)

You couldn’t make this stuff up, could you?

]]> By: Matt W. http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/02/03/%e2%80%9calive-and-real-and-of-immense-stature%e2%80%9d-arnold-fribergs-book-of-mormon-paintings/comment-page-1/#comment-19566 Matt W. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:38:08 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=5612#comment-19566 Wow, I need to come by more often. This post encapsulates why I love Keepapitchinin. (Specifically ” A lady even stopped me downtown to say that she had seen me wrestle on television!”)

]]> By: Stephen Taylor http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/02/03/%e2%80%9calive-and-real-and-of-immense-stature%e2%80%9d-arnold-fribergs-book-of-mormon-paintings/comment-page-1/#comment-19416 Stephen Taylor Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:51:30 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=5612#comment-19416 There is a certain resonant verisimilitude in the portrayal of ambient light in some of Friberg’s work. Such as in the Liahona painting, which almost seems to carry a sense of the smell of the desert on an early summer morning.

Illustrations, yes. Compare them to most of the stuff used in Sunday Schools and their particular quality becomes apparent. They were a wonderful gift to the children of the Church.

By the by, a friend in college had done housecleaning for the Fribergs and reported that they kept a lion in the lower floor of their house! She had to clean up after it, she said. Could this have been true?

]]> By: David J. West http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/02/03/%e2%80%9calive-and-real-and-of-immense-stature%e2%80%9d-arnold-fribergs-book-of-mormon-paintings/comment-page-1/#comment-19401 David J. West Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:36:57 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=5612#comment-19401 Ha-yes definetly. Friberg and Frazetta are a couple of my personal favorites.

]]> By: Ardis E. Parshall http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2010/02/03/%e2%80%9calive-and-real-and-of-immense-stature%e2%80%9d-arnold-fribergs-book-of-mormon-paintings/comment-page-1/#comment-19399 Ardis E. Parshall Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:15:03 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=5612#comment-19399 That’s quite an appraisal, with some very nice material on Friberg’s art and life. Thanks, NJNJ.

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