Tag: Art
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04 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, January 11, is Saint Theodosius the Cenobiarch’s Day, With Footnotes – 11
Theodosius the Great (living icon, 18th century) Theodosius the Cenobiarch (c. 423–529 AD) was a monk, abbot, and saint who was a founder and organizer of the cenobitic way of monastic life. Cenobitical refers to the monks who joined Saint Theodosius’ community. These monks, of many nationalities, devoted themselves to the Lord, but did not remain in seclusion. Rather, they socialized and interacted…
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Achille Mollica, Playing hard to get 01 Paintings, The amorous game, Part 37 – With Footnotes
Achille Mollica (Italian 19th Century) Playing hard to get Oil on canvas 52.1 x 73.7cm (20 1/2 x 29in). Private collection Achille Mollica (1832-1885) was an Italian painter of both canvases and ceramics. Achille was born to a family who manufactured maiolica ceramics. His father, Giovanni, had established the factory of “Mollica Ceramiche”, which employed Achille’s…
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Ángel Zárraga, Votive Offering 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the bible, With Footnotes – 154
Ángel Zárraga (Mexican Painter 1886 – 1946) Votive Offering [Saint Sebastian], c. 1912 Oil on canvas, Height: 1,850 mm (72.83 in). Width: 1,345 mm (52.95 in). Museo Nacional de Arte, Mexico City, Mexico A votive offering is one or more objects displayed or deposited, without the intention of recovery or use, in a sacred place for…
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02 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, January 10, is St. Nicanor the Deacon’s Day, With Footnotes – 10
Saint NicanorThe apostle and the deacon Saint Nicanor: Early martyr and one of the seven deacons of Jerusalem. He was a resident of Jerusalem, and was chosen by the Apostles to minister to the Hellenistic widows and others. In the Acts of the Apostles, Nicanor, whose name means victorious, has been traditionally accounted a Jew from Cyprus…
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01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, January 9, is Saint Julian’s Day, With Footnotes – 9
Pompeo Battoni, 1736-38. Christ with saints Julian, Basilissa, Celsus and Marcionilla, c. 1736 Oil on canvas Los Angeles, Getty Museum Saint Julian was born in Antioch, the metropolis of Syria, and was the only son of his parents, who were illustrious, rich, and Christians who feared God. They raised him in praiseworthy customs, and endeavored, to…
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1 Icons from the Bible, Lady Achtyrskaja, with footnotes, 1
Veneto-Cretan, 17th century Lady Achtyrskaja (of Akhtyrka) A Hardwood single panel, back tiling. Tempera on chalk ground, background gilded, Nimbus hallmarked ornamental. Image-filling representation of the seated Virgin in three-quarter figure, holding the crucifix with the crucified Christ in her hands. About her green tunic she wears the red maphorion which is contoured by white and black shades. a western-style…
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Carlton Alfred Smith, The day’s catch 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #133
Carlton Alfred Smith, 1853 – 1946, was a British watercolourist, oil painter and genre artist who often made images of cottage interiors showing domestic life and figures in cottage interiors in a romantic manner towards the end of the nineteenth century. Smith studied at the Slade School of Art. He became one of the most technically accomplished…
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02 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, January 8, is Saint Apollinaris Claudius’s Day, With Footnotes – 8
Saint Apollinaris Claudius, Bishop of Hierapolis in Phrygia, was one of the most illustrious prelates of the second age of the Church, which began with the edict of Constantine in 313, making Christianity the religion of the Roman Empire. Little is known of his acts, and his writings, which then were held in great esteem, are…
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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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Walter Bird, Incognita 01 Photograph, The Art Of The Nude, Incognita, with footnotes # 7
Walter Bird (1903 – 1969) Incognita, c. 1938 Photoetching 10 13/16 x 8 15/16 in. (275 x 227 mm) Private collection Walter Bird (1903–1969) was a British photographer. He became known for his images of nudes and jointly set up a studio, Photo Centre Ltd., with John Everard and Horace Roye in 1939. From 1958 he was…
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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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Paul Signac, Goélettes au port/ Schooners at quay, Antibes 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #132
Paul Signac, (French, 1863–1935) Antibes, Goélettes au port/ Schooners at quay, Antibes, 1914 Watercolor and lead mine on paper 29 x 40.5 cm. (11.4 x 15.9 in.) Private collection Antibes is a Mediterranean resort in southeastern France, on the Côte d’Azur between Cannes and Nice. From around the middle of the 19th century the Antibes area…
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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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Sante D’Orazio, Patricia Velasquez, 01 Photograph, The Art Of The Nude, with footnotes # 12
Sante D’Orazio Patricia Velasquez, c. 2004 Photography 47 1/2 × 57 1/2 in; 120.7 × 146.1 cm Private collection Patricia Carola Velásquez Semprún (born 31 January 1971) is a Venezuelan actress and model. In 1989, she participated in the Miss Venezuela 1989, where she placed as 2nd runner-up. After 3 years of Engineering college studies, Velásquez…
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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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Eugene Segal, Yachting Scene 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #131
Eugene Segal Yachting Scene, c. 2010 Oil on canvas. 97cm x 127cm Private collection Eugene Segal was influenced by the works of artists such as Rembrandt, Velasces, Van Deik, France Hals and fellow countrymen Vrubel and Serov. Segal paints with a pallet knife, directly on canvas. Born in 1967 Russia, Segal made the decision to become…
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