Tag: Bible
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01 Work, Interpretation of the bible, Quentin Massys the Elder’s Lamentation, with Footnotes – #192
This Lamentation is a very close copy of a lost prototype that Massys executed in the 1520s. Here, the artist depicts a dead Christ lying in his mother’s arms after his crucifixion on Calvary. Christ is shown naked, his sides flanked by a white drapery that cushions his head, which the Virgin is supporting with…
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01 Work, Interpretation of the bible, Gherardo di Giovanni di Miniato del Fora’s The Madonna and Child with Angels, with Footnotes – 194
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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1 Religious Icon, Stefano di Giovanni, detto il Sassetta’s Madonna of the Snow, with footnotes #13
White, soft, icy snow is a rare sight in the Mediterranean city of Rome during winter, let alone during summer. Yet, according to tradition, the founding of one of Rome’s most important Catholic churches took place on an extraordinary snowfall day in August of 352. On August 5 of 352, a wealthy Roman nobleman and…
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11 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Contemporary Interpretation of the Bible! with Footnotes – #9
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 for Polaroid. She left her job as a photography…
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1 Russian Icon, Saint Athanasius of Alexandria, with footnotes #6
An icon painted in two registers. Greece, 1744Heavy Softwood single panel. Egg tempera on gesso (gypsum), Konturritzungen, partially gilded. In the upper frame a full figure enthroned Christ flanked by the Virgin Mary and John the Baptist. The underlying three selected saints: St. Athanasius, St. Nicholas and St. Charalampi.… The upper frame is dated ‘1744’ ‘. 36.4 x 26.6 cm . Saint Athanasius…
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04 Works, Today, June 3rd is Saint Lucillian’s day, his story in Paintings #154
Saint Lucillian was a pagan priest during the reign of the Roman emperor Aurelian. In his old age he turned to the faith in Christ, and was baptized. Under the influence of his preaching many pagans were converted to Christianity. Then certain Jews, seeing that he was spreading faith in Christ, reported Lucillian to the…
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05 Works, Today, May 30th is Saint Joan’s day, her story in Paintings #150
As one of the Lorraine natives inspired by the sudden relevance of Joan of Arc’s image, Jules Bastien-Lepage in 1875 started sketches for this life-sized portrait of Joan of Arc showing her at the moment that she received her first call to arms against the English invaders of 1424. Bastien-Lepage captures the suddenness of the…
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1 Russian Icon, Saints Sergey and Barlaam kneeling at the feet of Jesus Christ, with footnotes #9
An icon portraying Saints Sergey and Barlaam kneeling at the feet of Jesus Christ who stands on a small plinth. Jesus wears flowing red vestments beneath a dark-blue robe, holds the open Holy Gospel in his left hand, reaches his right hand toward Saint Sergey, and has a coronal halo behind his gentle visage. Saints…
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01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – School of Prague’s Ecce Homo, With Footnotes – 179
Ecce homo are the Latin words used by Pontius Pilate in the Vulgate translation of John 19:5, when he presents a scourged Jesus Christ, bound and crowned with thorns, to a hostile crowd shortly before his Crucifixion. The Douay-Rheims Bible translates the phrase into English as “Behold the man!” [John 19:5] The scene has been…
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06 Works, Today, April 19th, is St. Martha of Persia’s day, With Footnotes – #105
Antonio Allegri da Correggio (August 1489 — March 5, 1534), usually known as just Correggio, was the foremost painter of the Parma school of the High Italian Renaissance, who was responsible for some of the most vigorous and sensuous works of the 16th century. In his use of dynamic composition, illusionistic perspective and dramatic foreshortening, Correggio prefigured…
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01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Pier Francesco Foschi’s Madonna with child and the John the Baptist, With Footnotes – #124
The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne, or Madonna and Child with Saint Anne, is a subject in Christian art showing Saint Anne with her daughter, the Virgin Mary, and her grandson Jesus. This depiction has been popular in Germany and neighboring countries since the 14th century. The relationship of St. Anne to the immaculate…
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06 Works, Today, March 27th, is Saint Matrona’s Day, With Footnotes – #85
Matrona of Barcelona or Matrona of Thessalonica is a saint of the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. She was recognized as a saint pre-congregation. She lived in the third or fourth century. She was a young girl and a slave to the Jewish woman Pautila, wife of one of the military commanders,…
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02 Works, CONTEMPORARY & 20th Century Interpretation of the Bible! The Vale of Rest, With Footnotes – 45
This painting is Honeyman’s interpretation of John Everett Millais’ The Vale of Rest, below. Josh Honeyman lives near Blackheath close to the highest point of the Blue Mountains. He takes us there, into visionary landscapes, reimagining the world through a host of signs, symbols and haunting scenarios. Arcane narratives are suggested, ones steeped in myth,…
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1 Religious Icon, Luca Signorelli’s Saint Nicholas of Bari saving three knights, with footnotes #11
The reign of Constantine The Great was not always stable. Borders had to be protected, laws enforced and if unrest broke out or even a sniff of conspiracy surfaced, Constantine also dealt with these matters seriously and harshly. Often though he left law enforcement in regional centres to be carried out by governors and local…
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04 Works, Today, March 18th, is King Edward the Martyr’s Day, With Footnotes – #76
Edward the Martyr (c. 962–18 March 978) was King of England from 975 until he was murdered in 978. Edward was the eldest son of King Edgar the Peaceful but was not his father’s acknowledged heir. On Edgar’s death, the leadership of England was contested, with some supporting Edward’s claim to be king and others…
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01 Work, CONTEMPORARY & 20th Century Interpretation of the Bible! Borys Fiodorowicz’s Madonna and Madonna. With Footnotes – #44
A Madonna is a representation of Mary, either alone or with her child Jesus. These images are central icons for both the Catholic and Orthodox churches. The word is from Italian ma donna, meaning ‘my lady’. The term Madonna in the sense of “picture or statue of the Virgin Mary” enters English usage in the…
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02 Paintings, Joshua Reynolds Repainted Rembrandt’s Masterpiece Susanna and the Elders
Berlin’s Gemäldegalerie announced they’ve made a shocking discovery about the museum’s Rembrandt masterpiece Susanna and the Elders (1647), Focus reports. An X-ray analysis of the oil painting has revealed that the it had at one time undergone extensive alterations… Please follow link for full post
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1 Russian Icon, Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, with footnotes #8
Saint Nicholas of Myra (traditionally 15 March 270 – 6 December 343), was an early Christian bishop of the ancient Greek city of Myra in Asia Minor during the time of the Roman Empire. Saint Nicholas is the patron saint of sailors, merchants, archers, repentant thieves, children, brewers, pawnbrokers, and students in various cities and countries…
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06 Works, Today, February 15th, is Saints Jovita and Faustinus’ Day, With Footnotes – 46
Saints Jovita and Faustinus depicted as two knightly brothers holding the palms of martyrdom. Sometimes only Jovita is shown, richly dressed and on horseback; an angel may be shown saving them from drowning; sometimes shown with Faustinus of Brescia Brescia is a city and comune in the region of Lombardy in northern Italy. Vincenzo Foppa…
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1 Icon, Sir Robert James Philipson’s Iconostasis, with footnotes #7
Sir Robert (Robin) James Philipson RA RSA FRSE RSW (1916–1992) was a Lancashire-born painter who was influential within the Scottish art scene for over three decades. He was then schooled at Dumfries Academy and then studied at Edinburgh College of Art from 1936 to 1940. On the outbreak of the Second World War he joined the…
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