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The Bible - The holy book has been a constant source of inspiration
for Anna Chromy, both in her paintings and her sculptures.
The representation of Jesus in several of her paintings ("Between
Heaven and Hell", "The
Era of Discovery", preceded her Christ in marble and bronze.
Other paintings dealing with sacred themes are "Crucifixion"
and the triptych "Kyrie Eleison", Anna Chromy´s interpretation
of the Last Supper.
As a gift for Pope John Paul II the archbishop of Salzburg ordered the "Heart
of the World". The words of the prophet Ezechiel (XXXVI, 26) engraved
on the base ("Et dabo vobis cor novum, et spiritum novum ponam in medio vesti:
et auferam cor lapideum de carne vestra, et dabo vobis cor carneum") provide
the theme for the sculpture:
To throw away our hearts hardened through envy, avarice, greed and arrogance and
replace them with a new heart of flesh full of love for our next - symbolized
by a portrait of Pope John Paul II protecting a child. The pilgrims stick and
the empty coat symbolize the end of our long voyage to purity as explained by
the apostle Paulus in his letters to the Colosseas (3, 9-11).
Anna Chromy has also created a Saint Francis with Lady Poverty - an
interpretation of a passage in Dante Alighieri´s Divina Comedia for the
Franciscan monastery Santa Maria degli Angeli in Assisi.
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