{"id":48746,"date":"2021-08-01T17:23:55","date_gmt":"2021-08-01T15:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/topa.be\/st-andries\/beschrijving\/sak-the-way-of-the-cross\/"},"modified":"2021-08-02T18:43:19","modified_gmt":"2021-08-02T16:43:19","slug":"kruisweg","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/topa.be\/en\/st-andries\/beschrijving\/kruisweg\/","title":{"rendered":"SAK The Way of the Cross"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Antwerp's St Andrew's Church, a revelation.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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The Way of the Cross<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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The way of the cross in Saint Andrew\u2019s (1845-1857) is the oldest of this type in Antwerp. No fewer than twelve painters produced one or two stations in Baroque style.\u00a0 Even though the big paintings are colourful and emotional and even though some artists found inspiration in the works of great masters, the ensemble often remains academically cool. Vincent van Gogh, who, probably stimulated by his teachers at the Antwerp academy, came to look at their works, was not impressed.<\/p>\n

However, thanks to the series, an initiative of vicar Visschers, the church is less bare. This was certainly the case when the paintings were still in their monumental Baroque frames in which the instruments of the Passion had been incorporated, beside a cartouche with the title of the scene and the names of the donators. When in 1970-1975 the interior of the church was restored, these frames no longer fitted the urge for more austerity, which was characteristic for those days. The paintings even had to make room for pure architectural aesthetics (i.e. new, but false columns). The Stations of the Cross were hung close to each other in both transepts.<\/p>\n

In 2003 they were put back in their original positions. The frames however, stored in some city warehouses, were lost. Instead of repeating a (superfluous) descriptive title of each station of the Cross, or emphasizing the counting of the stations or bringing the names of patrons back to life, the Dutch and English subtitles want to show intriguing questions inviting for contemplation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
1st<\/sup> station<\/td>\nJesus is condemned to death<\/em> (Karel Wauters, 1852)
\nJesus is brought before the Roman governor Pontius Pilate, the symbol of the cowardly unjust judge.
\n(P. Pilate) \u201cI wash my hands of this.\u201d
\n(witness) \u201cDo you think so?\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2nd<\/sup> station<\/td>\nJesus takes up His cross<\/em> (Jules Romain Pecher, 1854)
\nIf you love without limits,
\nyou condemn yourself to carry the cross.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3rd<\/sup> station<\/td>\nJesus falls for the first time<\/em> (Lambert Mathieu, 1852)
\nJesus carries his cross out of love for you.
\nWhat is your reply?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4th<\/sup> station<\/td>\n\n

Jesus meets his mother Mary<\/em> (Jan-Baptist Van Rooy, 1845)
\n(Jesus) \u201cMother!\u201d
\n(Mary) \u201cMy child!\u201d
\nOn a second level of interpretation the two individual cries can be read as one: Mother \u00e0nd Child. However much this child may be beyond his childhood, the unique bond between mother and her child remains.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

5th<\/sup> station<\/td>\nSimon of Cyrene helps Jesus carry the Cross<\/em> (Alexander Markelbach, 1854)
\n(Simon of Cyrene) \u201cOut of love for you, Jesus.\u201d
\nWhose cross do you help carry?<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6th<\/sup> station<\/td>\nJesus meet Veronica<\/em> (Edward Dujardin, 1854)
\n\u201cMay God let his face to shine upon us!\u201d (Liturgy of Good Friday)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7th<\/sup> station<\/td>\nJesus falls for the second time<\/em> (Karel Verlat, 1856)
\n\u201cOur sorrows He carried.\u201d (Is 53,4)
\n\u201cThrough His wounds we are healed.\u201d(Is\u00a0 53,5)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8th<\/sup> station<\/td>\nJesus consoles the weeping women<\/em> (Antoon Van Ysendyck, 1851)
\n(Jesus) \u201cDo not weep for me; weep rather for yourselves.\u201d (Lk 23,28)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9th<\/sup> station<\/td>\nJesus falls for the third time<\/em> (Jozef Correns, 1849)
\n\u201cThis is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.\u201d (Jn 1,29)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10th<\/sup> station<\/td>\nJesus is stripped of his clothes<\/em>\u00a0(Petrus Kremer, 1850)
\n\u201cA man of sorrows, rejected and despised by men.\u201d (Is 53,3)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11th<\/sup> station<\/td>\nJesus is nailed to the cross (Louis Hendrix, 1857)
\n(Jesus) \u201cForgive them, Lord, they aren\u2019t aware of what they are doing.\u201d (Lk 23,28)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12th<\/sup> station<\/td>\nJesus dies on the cross (Alexander Merkelbach, 1853)
\n(Jesus) \u201cWhat more could I have done for you?\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13th<\/sup> station<\/td>\nLamentation (Karel Verlat, 1850)
\n\u201cHow much a mother suffers!\u201d (Hendrik Conscience)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14th<\/sup> station<\/td>\nthe entombment of Jesus (Jan Baptist Van Eycken, 1844)
\n\u201cAfter his ordeal He will see the light.\u201d (Is 53,11)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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