Mormons at the Mocking of Christ

A few weeks ago, I went to a display on BYU campus featuring the artwork of Carl Bloch, Franz Schwarz, and Heinrich Hoffman.  I should never have gone: I had to take an ethics exam the next day, and I all-but-certainly failed due to insufficient study. But my mom and sister were in town, and I figured I may get extra Kudos from God by taking time for my family, right?

This display, though. Wow. Some of the most beautiful depictions of Jesus Christ ever brushed onto a canvas hung on the walls of that gallery. I really enjoy art, but I’m not one of those people who connects with art so deeply that artists’ every thought and intent jump out to me and cuddle my soul. But there, in that gallery, I felt the pious devotion of these men in each brushstroke.