Tag: Ancient
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03 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, January 7, is Saint Lucian of Antioch’s Day, With Footnotes – 166
Saint Lucian of Antioch (c. 240 – January 7, 312), known as Lucian the Martyr, was a Christian presbyter, theologian and martyr. He was noted for both his scholarship and ascetic piety. A Christian theologian-martyr who originated a theological tradition at Antioch that was noted for biblical linguistic scholarship and for a rationalist approach to…
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01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, January 6, is Saint André of Montreal’s Day, With Footnotes – 165
Saint André Bessette André Bessette, C.S.C. (9 August 1845 – 6 January 1937), more commonly known as Brother André, and since his canonization as Saint André of Montreal, was a lay brother of the Congregation of Holy Cross and a significant figure of the Roman Catholic Church among French-Canadians, credited with thousands of reported miraculous oil…
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01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, January 5, is Saint Telesphorus’ Day, With Footnotes – 164
Sandro Botticelli, (1445 –1510) The Pope SS. Telesforo, c. 1481 Sistine Chapel, Vatican City, Rome Saint Telesphorus, (died c. 136); feast day January 5), pope from about 125 to about 136. Telesphorus is said to have been a Greek, possibly from Calabria. Successor to St. Sixtus I, he was the eighth pope and a witness to…
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01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, January 4, is Saint Dafrosa’s Day, With Footnotes – 163
Pietro da Cortona St. Dafrosa of Acquapendente, c. 1640 Oil on canvas Height: 187 cm (73.6 ″); Width: 119 cm (46.8 ″) Musée Comtadin-Duplessis, Carpentras St. Dafrosa of Acquapendente was married to Saint Flavian; mother of Saint Bibiana and Saint Demetria. Martyred in the persecutions of Julian the Apostate. She left her home in Seville to…
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Marina Abramović, The Levitation of Saint Therese, 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 26
Marina Abramović, Serbian, b. 1946 The Levitation of Saint Therese, 2009 Single flatscreen video installation Private collection The Original Flying Nun – St. Teresa of Avila: St. Teresa of Avila (1515-1582) was a Doctor of the Catholic Church. This was no small or insignificant title. A Doctor of the Church is a saint whose writings have…
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Pierre Subleyras, The Mass of Saint Basil 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, January 1, is Saint Basil’s Day, With Footnotes – 161
Pierre Subleyras, (1699–1749) The Mass of Saint Basil, c. 1746 Oil on canvas Height: 137 cm (53.9 ″); Width: 79 cm (31.1 ″) Metropolitan Museum of Art Basil of Caesarea, also called Saint Basil the Great (329 or 330 – January 1 or 2, 379), was the Greek bishop of Caesarea Mazaca in Cappadocia, Asia Minor (modern-day…
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Irene Caesar, Susanna and the Elders 03 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – CONTEMPORARY & 20th Century Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 27
Irene Caesar, b. 1963 Susanna and the Elders, c. 2015 Triptych: left Photograph Susanna and the Elders. A fair Hebrew wife named Susanna was falsely accused by lecherous voyeurs. As she bathes in her garden, having sent her attendants away, two lustful elders secretly observe the lovely Susanna. When she makes her way back to her…
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Alonso Cano, Saint John the Evangelist 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, December 27, is John the Apostle’s Day, With Footnotes – 160
Alonso Cano, (1601–1667) São João Evangelista dando a comunhão à Virgem/ Saint John the Evangelist giving communion to the Virgin, c. 17th century Oil on canvas 81 x 46,5 cm Museo Nacional de San Carlos John the Apostle ( c. AD 6 – c. 106) was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus according to the New…
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Vicente Juan Masip, St. Stephen 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, December 26, is Saint Stephen’s Day, With Footnotes – 159
Vicente Juan Masip called Juan de Juanes St. Stephen led to martyrdom, c. 1562, Museo del Prado, Madrid Stephen or Stephan; traditionally venerated as the first martyr of Christianity, was, according to the Acts of the Apostles, a deacon in the early church at Jerusalem who aroused the enmity of members of various synagogues by his…
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Berthold Furtmeyr, The tree of life and death 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, December 24, is Saints Adam and Eve’s Day, With Footnotes – 158
Berthold Furtmeyr The tree of life and death Salzburg Missal Adam and Eve are not called saints in ordinary reference. But they may be called saints on their feast day, which is the vigil of Christmas, because they repented of their sin, lived lives of holiness and are now in Heaven. Adam is the father of…
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01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, December 23, is The Ten Holy Martyrs of Crete’s Day, With Footnotes – 157
The Ten Holy Martyrs of Crete The Ten Holy Martyrs of Crete: Theodulus, Saturninus, Euporus, Gelasius, Eunician, Zoticus, Pompius, Agathopus, Basilides and Evaristus were a group of ten Christian men from Crete who suffered martyrdom during the persecutions of emperor Decius during the third century. They are commemorated on December 23. The Ten refused to worship…
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01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, December 20, is Thomas the Apostle ‘s Day, With Footnotes – 156
Caravaggio, (1571–1610) The Incredulity of Saint Thomas, Jesus Christ & Thomas the Apostle circa 1601 until 1602 Oil on canvas Height: 42.1 ″ (106.9 cm); Width: 57.5 ″ (146 cm) Sanssouci Picture Gallery, Germany The Incredulity of Saint Thomas is a painting of the subject of the same name by the Italian Baroque master Caravaggio, c.…
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02 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, December 18, is Saint Sulpitius the Pious’s Day, With Footnotes – 148
Saint Sulpitius Sulpitius (or Sulpicius) the Pious (died 17 January 644) was a 7th-century bishop of Bourges and a saint. Sulpitius was born at Vatan (Diocese of Bourges), of noble parents, before the end of the sixth century. From his youth he devoted himself to good works and to the study of Scripture, and donated his large patrimony to the…
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02 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, December 15, is Santa Nino’s Day, With Footnotes – 147
Saint Christiana (Nino) and her “living cross”, (c. 296 – c. 338 or 340) Saint Christiana (Nino) (c. 296 – c. 338 or 340) was a woman who preached Christianity in Georgia, that resulted from the Christianization of Iberia. Christiana belonged to a Greek-speaking Roman family from Kolastra, Cappadocia, and was a relative of Saint George. She came to…
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02 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, December 14, is St. Nicasius’ Day, With Footnotes – 147
Mattia Preti (c. 1664-65)St. NicasiusOil on stoneSt. John’s Co-Cathedral, Valletta, Malta Saint Nicasius or Nicaise of Rheims (French: Saint-Nicaise; d. 407 or 451) was a bishop of Rheims. He founded the first cathedral in Rheims and is the patron saint of smallpox victims. Sources placing his death in 407 credit him with prophesying the invasion of…
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02 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, December 13, is SAINT LUCY’s Day, With Footnotes – 146
Maestro de Borbotó, ACTIVE IN VALENCIA FIRST QUARTER OF THE 16TH CENTURYSAINT LUCYoil on panel10 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 before the 5th…
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Nicolas Tournier, Judith with the Head of Holofernes 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the bible, With Footnotes – 129
Follower of Nicolas Tournier, (French, 1590-1638) “Judith with the Head of Holofernes” Oil on canvas 16-1/4″ x 13-1/4″ 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…
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Cecil B. DeMille, Samson and Delilah 02 works, RELIGIOUS ART – Photography from the Bible, with footnotes, 3a
Samson and Delilah (1949 film), directed by Cecil B. DeMille Hedy Lamarr and Victor Mature Samson and Delilah is a 1949 American romantic biblical drama film produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille and released by Paramount Pictures. Praised upon release for its Technicolor cinematography, lead performances, costumes, sets, and innovative special effects, the film was a box-office…
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Fanny Nushka, An Angel to Come 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the bible, With Footnotes – 127
Fanny Nushka Study for an Angel to Come Oil on Canvas 11.8 H x 15.7 W x 1.6 in Private collection “This painting is inspired by one of my favorite painters. Abott Thayer. Focusing strictly on the colors I gave the painting a brand new structure and played with the viewers eye, as where the focus would…
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