--- title: "1 Blue and gold Quotes By Benjamin Blech" description: "1 Blue and gold quotes by Benjamin Blech. Plus more from Benjamin Blech and more Blue and gold sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3a/benjamin-blech-5721_art_still-the-rebellious-artist-had-placed-a_2794059.jpg" --- > [“Still, the rebellious artist had placed a minor Jewish prophet in the important spot where the pope had wanted Jesus. How did Michelangelo imagine he would avoid the pope’s wrath in openly defying his wishes? Replacing Jesus with a minor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-blech/still-the-rebellious-artist-had-placed-a-minor-jewish-prophet-in-the/) [Benjamin Blech](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-blech/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3a/benjamin-blech-5721_art_still-the-rebellious-artist-had-placed-a_2794059.jpg) ## More by Benjamin Blech > [“If an artist of the caliber of Leonardo or Michelangelo was paid a hefty commission for a new private piece of art, that artwork…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-blech/if-an-artist-of-the-caliber-of-leonardo-or-michelangelo-was-paid-a/) [Benjamin Blech](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-blech/) > [“The Florentine public didn’t care. When the full-sized preparatory cartoons were displayed, the entire city went into ecstasy over both works. This was the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-blech/the-florentine-public-didn-t-care-when-the-full-sized-preparatory/) [Benjamin Blech](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-blech/) > [“The floor is a fifteenth-century revival of medieval Cosmatesque mosaic style. The Cosmati family developed their unmistakable technique in Rome in the twelfth and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-blech/the-floor-is-a-fifteenth-century-revival-of-medieval-cosmatesque/) [Benjamin Blech](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-blech/) > [“Carafa, as Pope Paul IV, established the Index of Forbidden Books, banned all women from entering the Vatican, burnt volumes of Talmud and Kabbalah,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-blech/carafa-as-pope-paul-iv-established-the-index-of-forbidden-books/) [Benjamin Blech](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-blech/) > [“The Vatican preached that because the Jews had killed Jesus and rejected his teachings they were punished with the loss of their Holy Temple…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-blech/the-vatican-preached-that-because-the-jews-had-killed-jesus-and/) [Benjamin Blech](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-blech/) > [“The Jew cannot accept the New Testament since it is the words of one man intended to undo what the Creator had shared with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-blech/the-jew-cannot-accept-the-new-testament-since-it-is-the-words-of-one/) [Benjamin Blech](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-blech/) > [“THE VATICAN The very name Vatican comes from a surprising source. It is neither Latin nor Greek, nor is it of biblical origin. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-blech/the-vatican-the-very-name-vatican-comes-from-a-surprising-source-it/) [Benjamin Blech](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-blech/) > [“Buonarroti was later given the job of designing the huge dome of the new Basilica of St. Peter. It is well known how much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-blech/buonarroti-was-later-given-the-job-of-designing-the-huge-dome-of-the/) [Benjamin Blech](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-blech/) > [“How to maintain the proper mood and not bore the congregation to sleep? Art was the answer. But not just pretty pictures that required…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-blech/how-to-maintain-the-proper-mood-and-not-bore-the-congregation-to/) [Benjamin Blech](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-blech/) > [“Yet another strategy for encoding in Renaissance works involved environmental “special effects.” Messages were ingeniously inserted so that they could be viewed only when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-blech/yet-another-strategy-for-encoding-in-renaissance-works-involved/) [Benjamin Blech](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-blech/) > [“But last and least known is its additional purpose as a Kabbalistic meditational device that thus, in one more way, links it to ancient…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-blech/but-last-and-least-known-is-its-additional-purpose-as-a-kabbalistic/) [Benjamin Blech](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-blech/) > [“Thus, Michelangelo filled the chapel with hidden messages of his passionate loves and his righteous rages, along with mystic symbols of divine justice and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-blech/thus-michelangelo-filled-the-chapel-with-hidden-messages-of-his/) [Benjamin Blech](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-blech/) > [“He infused his ceiling fresco with Kabbalistic images that reflected the Kabbalistic pavement design below. He linked the Jewish ancestral tree to Jesus. He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-blech/he-infused-his-ceiling-fresco-with-kabbalistic-images-that-reflected/) [Benjamin Blech](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-blech/) > [“In 1510 the pope ordered the scaffolding dismantled and the first part of the fresco displayed to an eager public. The ecstatic reactions from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-blech/in-1510-the-pope-ordered-the-scaffolding-dismantled-and-the-first/) [Benjamin Blech](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-blech/) > [“In Jewish tradition, we find the cautionary adage “Be in the world, but not of the world.” In the Gospels, Jesus says: “Render unto…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-blech/in-jewish-tradition-we-find-the-cautionary-adage-be-in-the-world-but/) [Benjamin Blech](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-blech/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blue-and-gold/benjamin-blech/#itemlist", "name": "1 Blue and gold Quotes By Benjamin Blech", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Still, the rebellious artist had placed a minor Jewish prophet in the important spot where the pope had wanted Jesus. 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