Category: Religious Art
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03 Carvings & Sculpture from the Biblel 15 – 19th Century. With Footnote, # 16
Mother of God Znamenie Russian icon, first half of 19th c. 38 x 30,5 cm Private collection The Icon of the Mother of God, named the “Sign” (“Znamenie”), shows the Most Holy Mother of God seated with prayerfully uplifted hands. On Her bosom, against the background of a circular shield (or sphere) – is the Divine…
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03 Carvings & Sculpture from the Bible!, by FRIEDRICH GOLDSCHEIDER,19th Century. With Footnote, # 16
FRIEDRICH GOLDSCHEIDER (1845-1897) Judith, with a decorated belt , a wrist bracelet Polychrome terracotta Height: 100 cm Private collection The Book of Judith is the Old Testament of the Bible. The story revolves around Judith, a daring and beautiful widow, who is upset with her Jewish countrymen for not trusting God to deliver them from their…
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06 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Contemporary & 20th Century Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 13
Flora Borsi, Hungary Dakota Photography 26.8 H x 24.4 W x 0.4 in Private collection “The essence of my photos is to visualize the physically impossible in a form of photo manipulation.I always pay attention to the rules of geometry, the color harmony and the lightning for the appropriate atmosphere of the pictures.I would like…
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08 Paintings, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretations of the Bible! by The Old Masters, With Footnotes # 63
School of Sir Anthony van Dyck Madonna and Child Oil on canvas 34 3/4 x 28 1/2 inches (88.3 x 72.5 cm) Private collection The Nursing Madonna, Virgo Lactans, or Madonna Lactans, is an iconography of the Madonna and Child in which the Virgin Mary is shown breastfeeding the infant Jesus. The depiction is mentioned by…
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02 Paintings, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretations of the Bible! by The Old Masters, With Footnotes # 62
Pellegrino di Mariano, (Siena active circa 1442–1492) Madonna and Child with Saints Tempera on panel, gold ground 61 x 41.8 cm, integral frame Private collection In the present painting, the Madonna and Child are flanked by six figures that seem to form a celestial court round them. The two patron saints of Siena are represented: Saint Catherine and Saint Bernardino,…
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09 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Contemporary & 20th Century Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 11
Andrew Wyeth, American, 1917–2009 Pentecost, c. 1989 Tempera with pencil on hardboard panel 20 ¾ x 20 ⅝ in. The Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Collection, Seattle Art Museum The Christian Pentecost is based on the New Testament, where it refers to the occasion of the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and other followers…
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07 Paintings, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretations of the Bible! by The Old Masters, With Footnotes # 61
Central Italian School, 13th Century Madonna and Child with Saint Peter and an Apostle Tempera on canvas, laid down on panel 98 x 67.5 cm Private collection The present panel painting represents the enthroned Virgin Lactans. The Christ Child is shown holding a scroll in his left hand. Behind them, on a much smaller scale…
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10 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Contemporary & 20th Century Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 12
Bettina Rheims The new Eve II, May 1997 Ville-Evrard. From the exhibition I.N.R.I. Men and women committed to embody the figures of Christ and the Virgin, the saints, apostles and many other characters told in the Gospel parables. Almost a visual cacophony, at first glance, and yet those perfect bodies, whose icy beauty reproduced in…
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08 Carvings & Sculpture from the Bible! 15 – 19th Century. With Footnote, # 15
Netherlandish, Malines, early 17th century NATIVITY Gilt alabaster reliefs 12 x 9,5 cm; each relief: 4 3/4 by 3 3/4 in. Private collection In Christian theology the nativity marks the incarnation of Jesus as the second Adam, in fulfillment of the divine will of God, undoing the damage caused by the fall of the first…
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08 Paintings, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretations of the Bible! by The Old Masters, With Footnotes # 58
Domenico Ghirlandaio, (1449–1494) Visitation, circa 1491 Tempera on wood Height: 172 cm (67.7 in). Width: 165 cm (65 in). Louvre Museum This panel is a fine example of fifteenth-century Florentine painting. Artists of the time followed classical dictates: body proportions were idealised while faces left devoid of expression were expected to convey character. The model…
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10 Carvings & Sculpture from the Bible! 15 – 19th Century. With Footnote, # 14
Netherlandish, Malines, circa 1600 THE DESCENT INTO HELL Partially gilt alabaster relief 20 x 15 cm, 7 3/4 by 6 in Private collection Mechelen (French: Malines) is one of Flanders’ prominent cities of historical art, with Antwerp, Bruges, Brussels, Ghent, and Leuven. It was notably a centre for artistic production during the Northern Renaissance, when painters,…
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11 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Contemporary & 20th Century Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 9
Joyce Tenneson Angel and Lit Wings – 2016 Private collection Joyce Tenneson (born in Weston, Massachusetts on May 29, 1945) is an American fine art photographer known for her distinctive style of photography, which often involves nude or semi-nude women. Tenneson earned her master’s degree in photography from George Washington University after starting as a model…
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08 Paintings, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretations of the Bible! by The Old Masters, With Footnotes # 56
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, (1828–1882) Lady Lilith, c. 1866-68 (altered 1872-73) Oil on canvas 97.8 × 85.1 cm (38.5 × 33.5 in) Delaware Art Museum Lilith, the subject of this painting, is described in Judaic literature as the first wife of Adam. She is associated with the seduction of men and the murder of children. The depiction…
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10 Ivory Carvings & Sculpture from the Bible! 15 & 16th Century. With Footnote, # 13
Maria lactans, c. mid-15th century, France Ivory Height: 17 cm Private collection The Nursing Madonna, Virgo Lactans, or Madonna Lactans, is an iconography of the Madonna and Child in which the Virgin Mary is shown breastfeeding the infant Jesus. The depiction is mentioned by Pope Gregory the Great, and a mosaic depiction probably of the 12th century…
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10 Paintings, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretations of the Bible! by The Old Masters, With Footnotes # 51
Matthias Stomer, 1600 – 1652 Capture of Christ, c. 1640 Oil on canvas 208 x 272 cm Private collection. Courtesy Benappi Fine Art The arrest of Jesus is a pivotal event recorded in the canonical gospels. The event ultimately leads, in the Gospel accounts, to Jesus’ crucifixion. Jesus was arrested by the Temple guards of the…
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11 Paintings, Olympian deities, by the Old Masters, with footnotes # 9
Jan Miel, BEVEREN-WAES NEAR ANTWERP 1599 – 1664 TURIN CERES, BACCHUS AND VENUS, c. 1645 Oil on canvas 142.5 x 162.7 cm.; 56 1/8 x 64 1/8 in. Private Collection The theme of Sine Cerere et Baccho Friget Venus – literally, ‘without Ceres or Bacchus, Venus would freeze’ – is derived from a line in Act IV…
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08 Paintings, scenes from the Bible, by The Old Masters, with footnotes # 42
Hieronymus Bosch (circa 1450–1516) Triptych of the crucified Martyr, circa 1497-1505 Oil on panel Height: 104 cm (40.9 in). Width: 119 cm (46.9 in). Doge’s Palace, Venice The central panel depicts the crucifixion of a saint usually identified with Saint Julia of Corsica (sometimes with Saint Wilgefortis). In a depiction related to Christ’s crucifixion, the centrally…
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