Category: Religious Art
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11 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Contemporary, Haitian Art, & 20th Century Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 8
Roy Newell, 1914 – 2006 THE HOLY LAND, c. 1952 Oil on panel 4 1/2 by 11 1/2 inches (11.4 by 29.2 cm) Private collection An American abstract painter, Roy Newell was born in Manhattan’s Lower East Side on May 10, 1914, and died of cancer on November 22, 2006, in Manhattan. His paintings are typified…
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10 Paintings, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretations of the Bible! by The Old Masters, With Footnotes # 53
Florentine School, 17th century QUEEN OF SHEBA Oil on canvas 71,5 x 149 cm ; 28 by 58 3/4 in Private Collection The Queen of Sheba is a Biblical figure. The tale of her visit to King Solomon has undergone extensive Jewish, Arabian and Ethiopian elaborations, and has become the subject of one of the most…
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09 Carvings & Sculpture from the Bible! 15 – 19th Century. With Footnote, # 13
Rhine-mosan region, end of the 16th century The Virgin with the grape Walnut wood H. 103 cm (40 1/2 in.) l. : 26 cm (12 ¼ in.) Private collection A walnut wood statue with The Virgin depicted sitting and handing a bunch of grapes to the Child standing on Her left knee, his finger extended…
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11 Paintings, Olympian deities, by the Old Masters, with footnotes #8
Sandro Botticelli, 1445 – 1510, and workshop Venus, c. 1484-1490 Tempera on canvas Galleria Sabauda, Turin One of only two extant versions of Venus that Botticelli painted after his famed Birth of Venus (1486) (below), which hangs at the Uffizi, the painting features the sole figure of Venus against a simple black background, striking her familiar…
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10 Paintings, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretations of the Bible! by The Old Masters, With Footnotes # 55
ITALIAN SCHOOL, (17th century) MAGDALENE Oil on panel 12 x 9 1/8 in. (30.5 x 23.2cm) Private collection Mary Magdalene, literally translated as Mary the Magdalene or Mary of Magdala, is a figure in Christianity who, according to the Bible, traveled with Jesus as one of his followers. She is said to have witnessed Jesus’…
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43 Works, Leda and the Swan, art from a Greek myth, with footnotes
After Michelangelo (1475–1564) Leda and the Swan, c. 1530 copy of a lost painting by Michelangelo Oil on canvas National Gallery The design appears to derive from a classical motif known from copies after sarcophagus reliefs and gems. The pose is similar to that of Michelangelo’s ‘Night’ (Medici Chapel, Florence). The work is probably an…
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12 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Contemporary & 20th Century Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 7
Jeff Dizon, (b.1954) Pieta, c. 1986 Mixed media 29” x 37” (74 cm x 94 cm) Private Collection The Pietà is a subject in Christian art depicting the Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus, most often found in sculpture. As such, it is a particular form of the Lamentation of Christ, a scene from…
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8 Paintings, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretations of the Bible! by The Old Masters, With Footnotes # 54
Alfred-Pierre Agache, 1843 – 1915, FRENCH L’ANNONCIATION, c. 1891 Oil on canvas 55 7/8 by 41 1/2 in., 141.9 by 105.4 cm Private Collection The Annunciation referred to as the Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Annunciation of Our Lady, or the Annunciation of the Lord, is the Christian celebration of the announcement by the…
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10 Paintings, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretations of the Bible! by The Old Masters, With Footnotes # 50
Maestro de Borbotó, ACTIVE IN VALENCIA FIRST QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURY SAINT LUCY oil on panel 10 3/8 by 12 1/2 in.; 26.5 by 31.8 cm. Private collection Saint Lucy, Italian Santa Lucia (died 304, Syracuse, Sicily), virgin and martyr who was one of the earliest Christian saints to achieve popularity, having a widespread following…
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10 Paintings, Olympian deities, by the Old Masters, with footnotes, #9
Simeon Solomon, 1840–1905 Sappho and Erinna in a Garden at Mytilene, c. 1864 Watercolour on paper 330 x 381 mm Tate Britain The picture depicts Sappho embracing her fellow poet Erinna in a garden at Mytilene on the island of Lesbos. Sappho was born at Lesbos in about 612BC. After a period of exile in…
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10 Paintings, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretations of the Bible! by The Old Masters, With Footnotes # 49
Follower of Hieronymus Bosch, circa 1600 THE MOCKING OF CHRIST oil on panel 33 1/2 by 24 1/8 in.; 85.1 by 61.3 cm. Private collection The composition derives from Hieronymus Bosch’s Christ Mocked (circa 1510, National Gallery, London). Other versions can be found in the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Royal Museum of Fine…
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10 Paintings, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretations of the Bible! by The Old Masters, With Footnotes # 48
Italian School, 16th Century The Adoration of the Magi Oil on canvas 39 x 44 1/2 inches (99 x 113 cm) Private collection 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…
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10 Icons from the Bible, with footnotes, #14
Italian School, 15th Century A Crucifix Tempera on gold ground panel 93.1/8 x 71½ in. (236.5 x 181.7 cm.) Private collection French School, 1501 Christ on the cross between two angels bearing the arms of the kingdom of France Oil on board h: 233 w: 132 cm Private collection The Latin quotation inscribed at the…
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11 Paintings, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the Bible! by The Old Masters, With Footnotes – # 45
Charles Le Brun, Paris, 1619 – 1690 Saint Mary the Egyptian, c. 1841/1842 Top: Church of the Holy Sepulchre Bottom: Saint Zosima buried her body with the assistance of a lion Oil on canvas Private collection Mary of Egypt (c. 344 – c. 421) also known as Maria Aegyptica, was born somewhere in Egypt, and at…
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15 Sculptures of Mater Dolorosa, by Pedro de Mena the Bible! 17th Century. With Footnotes, # 11
Pedro de Mena was a Spanish sculptor who is considered to be the most famous representative of the Granada strand of the Baroque school of sculpture in Spain. He dedicated his life’s work to producing sculptures depicting religious imagery, just as his father had done before him. Pedro de Mena (Spanish, Granada 1628–1688 Málaga) Mater…
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12 Contemporary Interpretations, Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman religion, with footnotes
This post you are about to view contain some nude photographs. If you are offended by nudity, if you are younger than 18 years of age, or if viewing nude images is not legal where you live, please go back. Cesar Santos, (b. 1982) Three Graces (aka the Charities) Oil on linen 48 x 40 in…
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