{"id":3537,"date":"2013-12-07T17:51:16","date_gmt":"2013-12-07T16:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/?p=3537"},"modified":"2015-07-15T15:09:08","modified_gmt":"2015-07-15T13:09:08","slug":"an-irreverent-soundtrack-the-iran-maiden-on-cima-da-conegliano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2013\/12\/07\/an-irreverent-soundtrack-the-iran-maiden-on-cima-da-conegliano\/","title":{"rendered":"An irreverent soundtrack: the Iron Maiden accompanying Cima da Conegliano"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3537 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2013\/12\/07\/an-irreverent-soundtrack-the-iran-maiden-on-cima-da-conegliano\/cima-1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/cima-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3538\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3538'>\n\t\t\t\tCima da Conegliano, &#8220;Christ supported by the Virgin Mary, Nicodemus and St. John the Evangelist with Marie&#8221;, oil on panel, Gallerie dell&#8217;Accademia, Venice. Detail.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2013\/12\/07\/an-irreverent-soundtrack-the-iran-maiden-on-cima-da-conegliano\/cima-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/cima-2.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3539\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3539'>\n\t\t\t\tCima da Conegliano, &#8220;Christ supported by the Virgin Mary, Nicodemus and St. John the Evangelist with Marie&#8221;, oil on panel, Gallerie dell&#8217;Accademia, Venice. Detail.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2013\/12\/07\/an-irreverent-soundtrack-the-iran-maiden-on-cima-da-conegliano\/cima-3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/cima-3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3540\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3540'>\n\t\t\t\tCima da Conegliano, &#8220;Christ supported by the Virgin Mary, Nicodemus and St. John the Evangelist with Marie&#8221;, oil on panel, Gallerie dell&#8217;Accademia, Venice. Detail.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2013\/12\/07\/an-irreverent-soundtrack-the-iran-maiden-on-cima-da-conegliano\/cima-4\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/cima-4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3541\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3541'>\n\t\t\t\tCima da Conegliano, &#8220;Christ supported by the Virgin Mary, Nicodemus and St. John the Evangelist with Marie&#8221;, oil on panel, Gallerie dell&#8217;Accademia, Venice. Detail.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2013\/12\/07\/an-irreverent-soundtrack-the-iran-maiden-on-cima-da-conegliano\/cima-5\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/cima-5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3542\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3542'>\n\t\t\t\tCima da Conegliano, &#8220;Christ supported by the Virgin Mary, Nicodemus and St. John the Evangelist with Marie&#8221;, oil on panel, Gallerie dell&#8217;Accademia, Venice. Detail.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2013\/12\/07\/an-irreverent-soundtrack-the-iran-maiden-on-cima-da-conegliano\/cima-6\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/cima-6.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3543\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3543'>\n\t\t\t\tCima da Conegliano, &#8220;Christ supported by the Virgin Mary, Nicodemus and St. John the Evangelist with Marie&#8221;, oil on panel, Gallerie dell&#8217;Accademia, Venice. Detail.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/2013\/12\/07\/an-irreverent-soundtrack-the-iran-maiden-on-cima-da-conegliano\/cima-7\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conceptualfinearts.com\/cfa\/CFA-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/cima-7.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3544\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3544'>\n\t\t\t\tCima da Conegliano, &#8220;Christ supported by the Virgin Mary, Nicodemus and St. John the Evangelist with Marie&#8221;, oil on panel, Gallerie dell&#8217;Accademia, Venice. Detail.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The grace of the characters&#8217; hands, so carefully depicted, the depth of their gazes, the vanishing clouds in the background, all contribute to create a delicate intensity that captures the viewer&#8217;s attention when glancing at &#8220;Christ supported by the Virgin Mary, Nicodemus and St. John the Evangelist with Marie\u201d. According to art historian Bernard Berenson, Cima painted it \u201cwith vigor, with exquisite precision and a sense of form that was rarely surpassed in Venice; the transparent, fresh and pearly colors that were hardly ever cold and harsh; the solid modeling that at times resembled porcelain\u201d.\u00a0How did it happen that 500 years later <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CY-l0kCLh5Q\" target=\"_blank\">Judas has become a guide<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Lights out &#8211; We live in a world<\/em><br \/>\n<em>of darkness<\/em><br \/>\n<em>No doubt &#8211; Everything&#8217;s up for sale<\/em><br \/>\n<em>We sleep &#8211; All of the world is burning<\/em><br \/>\n<em>We pray &#8211; To god for a better deal<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Nothing is sacred &#8211; Back then or now<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Everything&#8217;s wasted&#8230;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Is that all there is?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Can I go now?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Judas my guide<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Whispers in the night<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Judas my guide<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Fight wars &#8211; Die in a blaze of glory<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Come home &#8211; Meat in a plastic sack<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Fall down &#8211; Better pray to your God<\/em><br \/>\n<em>for mercy<\/em><br \/>\n<em>So kneel &#8211; and help the blade cut clean<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Nothing is sacred &#8211; Back then or now<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Everyone&#8217;s wasted&#8230;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Is that all there is?<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Is that it now?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I live in the black<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I have no guiding light<\/em><br \/>\n<em>I&#8217;m whispering in your dreams&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Judas my guide<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Whispers in the night<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Judas my guide<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Judas my guide<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Whispers in the night<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Judas my guide<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 lirycs of \u201cJudas be my guide\u201d, Bruce Dickinson\/David Murray, from Fear of the Dark, 1992. This is the third Iron Maiden album to top the UK Albums Chart. 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