Tag: Bible
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Velasco Vitali, Dead Christ 01 Work, CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 36
Velasco Vitali (1960). His debut is marked by the encounter with Giovanni Testori and participation to the show Artists and Writers at Rotonda della Besana, Milan. In 2004 Electa published Velasco 20, a monograph on Giulio Giorello’s first twenty-two years of activity, with a contribution. Extramoenia (2004-2005) is an exhibition set up by the Sicily…
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David Driesbach; Rest on the Flight to Egypt 01 Work, CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 34
Rest on the Flight to Egypt. The scene is based not on any incident in the Bible itself, but on a body of tales or legends that had grown up in the early Middle Ages around the Bible story of the Holy Family fleeing into Egypt for refuge on being warned that Herod the Great was…
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Pieter van Lint; Virgin and Child 01 Work, Interpretation the bible, With Footnotes – 121
The Madonna and Child or The Virgin and Child is often the name of a work of art which shows the Virgin Mary and the Child Jesus. The word Madonna means “My Lady” in Italian. Artworks of the Christ Child and his mother Mary are part of the Roman Catholic tradition in many parts of the…
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William Baxter Closson; The Angel 01 Work, CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 30
An angel is generally a supernatural being found in various religions and mythologies. In Abrahamic religions and Zoroastrianism, angels are often depicted as benevolent celestial beings who act as intermediaries between God or Heaven and Humanity. Other roles of angels include protecting and guiding human beings, and carrying out God’s tasks. More on Angels William Baxter…
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Gustavo Aceves; The crucifixion of Jesus 01 Work, CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 29
The crucifixion of Jesus occurred in 1st-century Judea, most likely between AD 30 and 33. Jesus’ crucifixion is described in the four canonical gospels, referred to in the New Testament epistles. Jesus was arrested and tried by the Sanhedrin, and then sentenced by Pontius Pilate to be scourged, and finally crucified by the Romans. Jesus was…
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Gabriel Macotela, La santa 01 Work, CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 28
Gabriel Macotela (Guadalajara, Jalisco, 1954 -) La santa/ A saint, c. 1983 Oil, water and religious folk charm on wood 195 x 101.5 cm Private collection A saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness or likeness or closeness to God. Depending on the context and denomination, the term also retains its…
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ITALIAN SCHOOL, The Sanhedrin trial of Jesus 01 Work, Interpretation the bible, With Footnotes – 120
The present painting depicts Jesus after his arrest in Jerusalem and prior to his dispensation by Pontius Pilate. It is an event reported by all four canonical gospels of the New Testament. As can be seen, Jesus sits quietly and does not mount a defense, rarely responding to the accusations against him. The Jewish authorities…
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Sylwia Perczak, Dobry/ Good day 01 Works, CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 33
Sylwia Perczak, (b1977) graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts of the Higher School of Pedagogy in Czestochowa in 2001. She commenced her degree at the painting studio of prof. Vincent Maszkowkiego. From 2005, she joined the Polish Association of Pastel in Nowy Sacz. She illustrates children’s books. More on Sylwia Perczak Please visit my other blogs: Art Collector, Mythology, Marine…
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Master of the Female Half-Lengths, The Virgin and Child in a landscape 01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation the bible, With Footnotes – 124
The Madonna and Child or The Virgin and Child is often the name of a work of art which shows the Virgin Mary and the Child Jesus. The word Madonna means “My Lady” in Italian. Artworks of the Christ Child and his mother Mary are part of the Roman Catholic tradition in many parts of the…
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William Kroll, Eve Has Fallen 01 Works CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 26
“Eve has fallen from grace upon the fruit of her own demise. She now rests upon the dark abyss of her soul. Despite her failings, the intrinsic natural beauty of form remains just as appealing.” Eve is a figure in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible. According to the creation myth of the Abrahamic…
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Sylwia Perczak, Stay by me, 01 Work, CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 31
Sylwia Perczak, (b1977) graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts of the Higher School of Pedagogy in Czestochowa in 2001. She commenced her degree at the painting studio of prof. Vincent Maszkowkiego. From 2005, she joined the Polish Association of Pastel in Nowy Sacz. She illustrates children’s books. More on Sylwia Perczak Please visit my other blogs: Art Collector, Mythology, Marine…
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Edward Coley Burne-Jones; Days of Creation 06 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation the bible, With Footnotes – 114
The five surviving paintings are now in the collection of the Fogg Museum at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, The fourth day has been lost. The progressive days of the creation are personified by angels holding spheres in which each day’s act is represented, beginning with the separation of light and darkness and ending with Adam…
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Sylwia Perczak, You have a new message, c. 2017 01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 32
Sylwia Perczak, (b1977) graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts of the Higher School of Pedagogy in Czestochowa in 2001. She commenced her degree at the painting studio of prof. Vincent Maszkowkiego. From 2005, she joined the Polish Association of Pastel in Nowy Sacz. She illustrates children’s books. More on Sylwia Perczak Please visit my other blogs: Art Collector, Mythology, Marine…
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Borys Fiodorowicz, Christmas, year 0002 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 29
Borys Fiodorowicz is the graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. The artist comes from Ukraine but currently he lives and works near Cracow, Poland, where his closest entourage became a great source of inspiration. He took part in numerous individual and group exhibitions and charity auctions. His permanent exhibition can be seen in…
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Early Netherlandish School, The Holy Family 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the bible, With Footnotes – 129
Early Netherlandish School, 16th Century The Holy Family Oil on panel 51.3 x 36.8 cm, Private collection The present Holy Family appears to be a free and ingenious variation of a painting by Jan Gossaert, called Mabuse (1478–1532) in the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas. The as yet unidentified artist of the present work…
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Alfred Eisenstaedt, Dying Monk 01 Painting, 20th Century Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 36
Alfred Eisenstaedt (American, 1898-1995). Born in 1898, Eisenstaedt and his family moved to Berlin when he was just a little boy. He began taking photographs as a young teenager. After serving with the German army during World War I, he returned to freelance photography, eventually working for the Associated Press in the late 1920s and early…
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Robert Combas, he Crusaders 01 Works CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 35
Robert Combas is a French painter and sculptor, born May 25, 1957 in Lyon, France and now living and working in Paris. He is widely recognized as a progenitor of the figuration libre movement that began in Paris around 1980 as a reaction to the art establishment in general and minimalism and conceptual art in particular.…
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Marina Del Pozo, Judith 01 Painting, CONTEMPORARY & 20th Century Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 34
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 foreign conquerors. She goes with her loyal maid to the camp of the enemy general, Holofernes, with whom…
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Sir Anthony van Dyck, Removal of the cross 01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation the bible, With Footnotes – 124
The Descent from the Cross, Deposition of Christ, or Removal of the cross, is the scene, as depicted in art, from the Gospels’ accounts of Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus taking Christ down from the cross after his crucifixion. In Byzantine art the topic became popular in the 9th century, and in the West from…
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Sir Anthony van Dyck, Descent from the Cross 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation the bible, With Footnotes – 122
The Descent from the Cross, or Deposition of Christ, is the scene, as depicted in art, from the Gospels’ accounts of Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus taking Christ down from the cross after his crucifixion. In Byzantine art the topic became popular in the 9th century, and in the West from the 10th century. The…
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