Post by NatureCriminal7896 on Sept 16, 2021 13:50:12 GMT
On September 17, 1996, Michael Jackson presented his HIStory World Tour show in Moscow. Arriving two days earlier in the Russian capital, Michael was very busy on the eve of his show, with several meetings with Russian authorities and children.
So, on September 16, between the official ceremony with the mayor of Moscow and the festival of the little orphans "Nadezhda", Michael Jackson visited the famous Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts.
Pushkin Museum is located in central Moscow, not far from the Kremlin, opposite Christ the Saviour Cathedral. It is the largest art museum in Moscow and houses the works of the Impressionists Gauguin, Monet and Man, paintings of the Flemish (Rubens or Bruegel), Dutch (Rembrandt) or Italian (Botchelli or Guido Reni) school. Currently, the museum has more than 670,000 works in all areas (canvases, sculptures, drawings, decorative art, archaeological and numismatic, art photographs).
Little is known about Michael's visit to the museum but there are pictures of him enjoying every space of the place, always accompanied by the Cascio family.
Climbing the stairs leading to the first floor, Michael met the Italian salon. The architecture of this gallery is inspired by the courtyard of the Bargello Palace in Florence (which houses the Bargello National Museum).
In the middle of this hall is one of Michelangelo's famous David, which Michael loved.
Another photo shows Michael on the top floor in an exhibition hall dedicated to 17th century Spanish and Italian art. Michael and one of the museum staff are in front of a painting attributed to Angelo Caroselli, San Sebastian.
This isn't the first time Michael has been in front of a painting of St. Sebastian. In 1988, when he arrived in Paris on his Bad Tour, Michael visited the Louvre, and among the paintings he wanted to see was Guido Reni's St. Sebastian.
Michael became interested in this saint, who probably inspired one of the photos during the filming of the short You Are Not Alone.
Saint Sebastian is one of the holy martyrs of the first Christian churches. According to legend, Sebastian would have been born in Narbonne, Gaul (France), in 256 D.C., within a Christian family. He grew up in Milan, Italy,where he was also born, according to St Ambrose, bishop of this city.
A soldier in the Roman army, he continued in his faith and managed to convert many pagans. They say that even the governor of Rome, Chromatius, and his son, Tibรบrcio, were converted by him. Sebastian was admired by his superiors, who ignored his belief, and was even appointed captain of the Praetorian guard.
However, his lenient attitudes towards Christians coupled with denunciations made him appear before the emperor to give satisfies about his conduct. Diocletian felt betrayed to see him affirm his faith. His death sentence said he should be tied to a tree and executed with arrows.
After the order was executed, Sebastian was pronounced dead, but was alive. Found by Irene (Santa Irena), he was treated for his wounds. Then he himself presented himself before the emperor as a testimony of the power of Christ.
Perplexed and frightened, Diocletian ordered him to be flapled to death, which occurred, according to tradition, on January 20, 288. His body was dumped in the sewer of Rome, from where the pious Saint Luciana withdrew him, to bury him worthily in the catacombs.
The image of the martyr speaks for itself, and obviously we think of all the accusations, judicial or the media that Michael had to face. Michael was able to draw a parallel between the arrows sebastian received with the attacks he himself faced throughout his career, which he always knew how to overcome, despite the pain.
Note that "The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian" is a work by Claude Debussy, one of the King of Pop's favorite composers.
During his visit to the Pushkin Museum, Michael learned of many other works.
He liked art and loved to visit great museums when traveling the world and this happened many out of the reach of the cameras, allowing him to relax a little and enjoy the art.
So, on September 16, between the official ceremony with the mayor of Moscow and the festival of the little orphans "Nadezhda", Michael Jackson visited the famous Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts.
Pushkin Museum is located in central Moscow, not far from the Kremlin, opposite Christ the Saviour Cathedral. It is the largest art museum in Moscow and houses the works of the Impressionists Gauguin, Monet and Man, paintings of the Flemish (Rubens or Bruegel), Dutch (Rembrandt) or Italian (Botchelli or Guido Reni) school. Currently, the museum has more than 670,000 works in all areas (canvases, sculptures, drawings, decorative art, archaeological and numismatic, art photographs).
Little is known about Michael's visit to the museum but there are pictures of him enjoying every space of the place, always accompanied by the Cascio family.
Climbing the stairs leading to the first floor, Michael met the Italian salon. The architecture of this gallery is inspired by the courtyard of the Bargello Palace in Florence (which houses the Bargello National Museum).
In the middle of this hall is one of Michelangelo's famous David, which Michael loved.
Another photo shows Michael on the top floor in an exhibition hall dedicated to 17th century Spanish and Italian art. Michael and one of the museum staff are in front of a painting attributed to Angelo Caroselli, San Sebastian.
This isn't the first time Michael has been in front of a painting of St. Sebastian. In 1988, when he arrived in Paris on his Bad Tour, Michael visited the Louvre, and among the paintings he wanted to see was Guido Reni's St. Sebastian.
Michael became interested in this saint, who probably inspired one of the photos during the filming of the short You Are Not Alone.
Saint Sebastian is one of the holy martyrs of the first Christian churches. According to legend, Sebastian would have been born in Narbonne, Gaul (France), in 256 D.C., within a Christian family. He grew up in Milan, Italy,where he was also born, according to St Ambrose, bishop of this city.
A soldier in the Roman army, he continued in his faith and managed to convert many pagans. They say that even the governor of Rome, Chromatius, and his son, Tibรบrcio, were converted by him. Sebastian was admired by his superiors, who ignored his belief, and was even appointed captain of the Praetorian guard.
However, his lenient attitudes towards Christians coupled with denunciations made him appear before the emperor to give satisfies about his conduct. Diocletian felt betrayed to see him affirm his faith. His death sentence said he should be tied to a tree and executed with arrows.
After the order was executed, Sebastian was pronounced dead, but was alive. Found by Irene (Santa Irena), he was treated for his wounds. Then he himself presented himself before the emperor as a testimony of the power of Christ.
Perplexed and frightened, Diocletian ordered him to be flapled to death, which occurred, according to tradition, on January 20, 288. His body was dumped in the sewer of Rome, from where the pious Saint Luciana withdrew him, to bury him worthily in the catacombs.
The image of the martyr speaks for itself, and obviously we think of all the accusations, judicial or the media that Michael had to face. Michael was able to draw a parallel between the arrows sebastian received with the attacks he himself faced throughout his career, which he always knew how to overcome, despite the pain.
Note that "The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian" is a work by Claude Debussy, one of the King of Pop's favorite composers.
During his visit to the Pushkin Museum, Michael learned of many other works.
He liked art and loved to visit great museums when traveling the world and this happened many out of the reach of the cameras, allowing him to relax a little and enjoy the art.