The Plastic Luther's
"A dramatic art installation of 800 plastic statues of Martin Luther was opened on the market place in Wittenberg at the weekend, provoking criticism from one academic who criticised it as abuse.
Artist Ottmar Hörl’s project replaces the bronze statue of the reformer which usually dominates the square.
These were removed from their pedestals in April to be cleaned ahead of the 500th anniversary in 2017 of Luther pinning his 95 theses on a Wittenberg church door, which is seen as the catalyst for the European Reformation.
Hörl has said this is to represent Luther’s own understanding of himself as on eye-level with common people. He said big memorials do not fit such a thinker. “Luther is a figure who would have more likely made himself small than large,” he said.
"The memorials in Wittenberg are wrong, because Luther would have refused to have allowed himself to be put on a pedestal.” riedrich Schorlemmer, a theologian in Wittenberg has criticised Hörl’s project as tasteless, describing it as theological and aesthetic abuse.
The plastic statues, in black, dark green, purple and bright blue, will be available for sale after they are removed from the square on September 12, for €250 each." TheLocal
Was this part of Daniel 11 a prediction of the reformation??????
"A dramatic art installation of 800 plastic statues of Martin Luther was opened on the market place in Wittenberg at the weekend, provoking criticism from one academic who criticised it as abuse.
Artist Ottmar Hörl’s project replaces the bronze statue of the reformer which usually dominates the square.
These were removed from their pedestals in April to be cleaned ahead of the 500th anniversary in 2017 of Luther pinning his 95 theses on a Wittenberg church door, which is seen as the catalyst for the European Reformation.
Hörl has said this is to represent Luther’s own understanding of himself as on eye-level with common people. He said big memorials do not fit such a thinker. “Luther is a figure who would have more likely made himself small than large,” he said. "The memorials in Wittenberg are wrong, because Luther would have refused to have allowed himself to be put on a pedestal.” riedrich Schorlemmer, a theologian in Wittenberg has criticised Hörl’s project as tasteless, describing it as theological and aesthetic abuse.
The plastic statues, in black, dark green, purple and bright blue, will be available for sale after they are removed from the square on September 12, for €250 each." TheLocal
Was this part of Daniel 11 a prediction of the reformation??????
And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall
fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days. Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many
shall cleave to them with flatteries.
Daniel 11:33,34
