Category: Religious Art
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Happy Easter to all!
01 Painting, RELIGIOUS ART, Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov’s Appearance of Jesus Christ to Maria Magdalena – with footnotes #189 Two of the Gospels maintain that Jesus’ first post-resurrection appearance was to Mary alone, and the accounts include some description of Mary’s bewildered, frightened and joyful reactions as well as the condescending dismissal she initially received when…
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15 Works, RELIGIOUS ART, Madonna and Child Paintings by the Old Masters, with footnotes, #19
Images of the Madonna and Child — a title that typically denotes a visual representation of the Virgin Mary and her infant son, Jesus — are among painting’s most praised motifs. Originally an ancient devotional practice stemming from biblical beliefs, artistically representing these figures has become a central theme in the canon of art history… Please follow link for…
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03 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Contemporary 20th C. Interpretation of the Bible!, František Drtikol’s Étude de la Crucifixion – #12
František Drtikol (3 March 1883, Příbram — 13 January 1961, Prague) was a Czech photographer of international renown. He is especially known for his characteristically epic photographs, often nudes and portraits. He had his own studio, until 1935 where he operated an important portrait photostudio in Prague. Drtikol made many portraits of very important people and nudes…
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01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the bible, Francesco Furini’s St. Agatha, With Footnotes – #173
This devotional image shows the saint contemplating God while tenderly holding the pincers, the instruments of her sufferings through which she achieved her sanctity. The palm branch is the attribute of martyrs. More on this painting Saint Agatha of Sicily (231 AD – 251 AD) is a Christian saint and virgin martyr. Agatha was born at Catania…
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01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the bible, Francesco Furini’s GENEROSITY OR LIBERALITY, with Footnotes – #172
LIBERALITY; broadness or fullness, as of proportions or physical attributes. One who is generous, bountiful, willing and ready to give and to help. There is measure in all things: Furini choses Horace’s maxim to evoke Generosity or Liberality. Personified as a nude woman, she leans upon the quotation from the Roman poet inscribed on a stone pedestal.…
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01 Russian Icon, An icon of St Euthymios the Great, with footnotes #58
St. Euthymius the Great, (born 377, Melitene, Armenia—died January 20, 473, Palestinian desert, northeast of Jerusalem; feast day January 20), ascetic and one of the great fathers of Eastern Orthodox monasticism, who established religious communities throughout Palestine. Orphaned in his youth, Euthymius was educated and later ordained priest by Bishop Otreus of Melitene. He was…
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1 Religious Icon, Bernard van Orley’s THE VIRGIN AND CHILD, with footnotes #26
This is one of a number of versions of the composition, the finest of which is a picture formerly in the collection of Friedrich Glück, Budapest, considered by Baldass to be by Van Orley before 1520.1 A workshop version is in the Royal Collection (L. Campbell, The Early Flemish Pictures in the Collection of Her…
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01 Work, CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! Fiona Maclean’s Madonna, With Footnotes – #47
A Madonna is a representation of Mary, either alone or with her child Jesus. These images are central icons for both the Catholic and Orthodox churches. The word is from Italian ma donna, meaning ‘my lady’. The term Madonna in the sense of “picture or statue of the Virgin Mary” enters English usage in the 17th…
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01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Jacob Cornelisz’s The Adoration of the Magi, With Footnotes – #136
The Adoration of the Magi (anglicized from the Matthean Vulgate Latin section title: A Magis adoratur) is the name traditionally given to the subject in the Nativity of Jesus in art in which the three Magi, represented as kings, especially in the West, having found Jesus by following a star, lay before him gifts of gold,…
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01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation the bible, Edouard Kasparides’ The penitent Mary Magdalene in the cave, with Footnotes – 127
The penitent Mary Magdalene was a sinner, perhaps a courtesan, Mary Magdalen was a witness of Christ who renounced the pleasures of the flesh for a life of penance and contemplation. Penitent Magdalene or Penitent Magdalen refers to a post-biblical period in the life of Mary Magdalene, according to medieval legend. According to the tenets…
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01 Work , RELIGIOUS ART, Edouard Manet’s The Dead Christ with Angels – with footnotes #195
Manet identified the source for this painting, the first of several religious scenes, in the inscription on the rock: the Gospel according to Saint John. However, in the passage cited, Christ’s tomb is empty except for two angels. After Manet sent the canvas to the 1864 Salon, he realized that he had made an even…
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01 Work , RELIGIOUS ART, Follower of Angelica Kauffmann’s Holy Family – with footnotes #193
Angelica Kauffmann, in full Maria Anna Catharina Angelica Kauffmann, (born Oct. 30, 1741, Chur, Switz.—died Nov. 5, 1807, Rome, Papal States [Italy]), painter in the early Neoclassical style who is best known for her decorative wall paintings for residences designed by Robert Adam. Her early paintings were influenced by the French Rococo works of Henri…
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