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22 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – 15 & 16th Century Carvings & Sculpture from the Bible! With Footnotes

Jul 26, 2023

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Sold for £1,250 in November 2015 Emile-André Boisseau, (1842–1923) was a French sculptor. A pupil of Auguste Dumont and Jean-Marie Bonnassieux at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, h. His works include a statue of Pierre Beaumarchais on the facade of Paris’ City Hall… Please follow link for full post

12 Works, July 16th. is Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #193

Jul 16, 2023

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Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov (July 16, 1806 – July 15 1858) was a Russian painter who adhered to the waning tradition of Neoclassicism but found little sympathy with his contemporaries… Please follow link for full post

01 Religious Icon, The Meister von Meßkirch’s St. Benedict in Prayer, with footnotes #35

Jul 10, 2023

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The image shows St. Benedict praying in a cave on Mount Subasio which he fled to to escape the debauchery associated with higher education in Rome. He led a very austere life, is known for his power against demons, and is considered the Father of Western Monasticism. More on this icon Saint Benedict founded twelve communities for…

41 Works, June 30th. is Stanley Spencer’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #177

Jun 30, 2023

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Painting such as Villagers and Saints articulate Spencer’s unique understanding of Christianity. In the work, Spencer combines the religious and the ordinary — the villagers are connecting to the saintly and spiritual world, while the saints exist in the physical world… Please follow link for full post

01 Religious Icon, A Russian icon of the holy empress Saint Alexandra, with footnotes #35

Jun 22, 2023

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The Saint shown standing at full length, richly dressed in gem- and pearl-studded clothing and crown, and holding a cross, with Christ shown in the clouds above her Saint Alexandra was the reputed wife of Emperor Diocletian, from 284 until his abdication in 305, and secretly converted to Christianity. Jacobus de Voragine listing her name as “Alexandria”…

01 Religious Icon, A Russian icon of Christ Pantocrator, with footnotes #34

Jun 12, 2023

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In Christian iconography, Christ Pantocrator is a specific depiction of Christ. Pantocrator or Pantokrator, usually translated as “Almighty” or “all-powerful”, is derived from one of many names of God in Judaism. The Pantokrator, largely an Eastern Orthodox or Eastern Catholic theological conception, is less common under that name in Western (Roman) Catholicism and largely unknown to most…

11 Works, RELIGIOUS ART — CONTEMPORARY & 20th Century Interpretation of the Bible! Vincent Serbin’s Toward Omega, with Footnotes — 24

Jun 7, 2023

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Omega is the last letter of the Greek alphabet, and has come to signify an “ending” of sorts — a finality. Vincent Serbin has used it here to describe his metaphysical meditations of the nature of time as it relates to our existence and ability to function in the present moment, a confluence of past and future……

01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Gabriel Joseph Marie Augustin Ferrier’s Scenes from The Spanish Inquisition, With Footnotes #134

May 27, 2023

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Sold for 6,930 USD in May 2022 This half-length Mary Magdalene depicted as a voluptuous female nude is characteristic of the seventeenth-century Florentine painter Simone Pignoni and artists in his orbit. The Saint’s windswept locks and swirling red drapery heighten the composition’s sense of drama and imbue the image with an effect of swift, graceful movement.…

01 Religious Icon, A Russian icon of the Kazan Mother of God with gilded silver oklad, with footnotes #33

May 26, 2023

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Sold for 17,500 USD on April 2014Our Lady of Kazan, also called Mother-of-God of Kazan, was a holy icon of the highest stature within the Russian Orthodox Church, representing the Virgin Mary as the protector and patroness of the city of Kazan, and a palladium of all of Russia and Rus’, known as the Holy Protectress…

13 Paintings, scenes from the Bible, by The Old Masters, Sandro Botticelli, with footnotes #28

May 20, 2023

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Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi, known as Sandro Botticelli (c. 1445 — May 17, 1510), was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance. He belonged to the Florentine School under the patronage of Lorenzo de’ Medici, a movement that Giorgio Vasari would characterize less than a hundred years later in his Vita of Botticelli as a…

01 Religious Icon, St. Luke presenting the Mother of God with the first icon, with footnotes #32

May 17, 2023

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The painted icon is covered with a metal cover, the borders with angels, set among floral garlands, raising up the image. The Apostle Luke is mostly known as one of the four Evangelists. In fact, he told us more than the other three about our Lord’s childhood, as well as about His mother Mary. It is…

01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Bartolomé Esteban Murillo’s The Virgin and Child, With Footnotes #127

May 14, 2023

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This painting was sold on 12 April 2022 for £3,187.50 The present lot is after Murillo’s original which now hangs at the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden. More on this painting 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…

01 Religious Icon, Russian Icon of Our Lady of Vladimir, with footnotes #31

May 12, 2023

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The miraculous image given the title, Our Lady of Vladimir, is known as an Eleousa, the Greek word meaning, Mother of Tenderness. The Christ Child nestles tenderly close to his mother, he gazes at her and is so closely linked to her that his left arm embraces her fully. His right hand gently touches her left…

01 Religious Icon, The Icon of Our Lady of the Sign, with footnotes #30

May 11, 2023

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The surface is richly carved, gilded, and painted in imitation of an enameled silver cover and pearl robes.The Icon of Our Lady of the Sign is the term for a particular type of icon of the Theotokos (Virgin Mary), facing the viewer directly, depicted either full length or half, with her hands raised in the orans…

01 Work, CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! Jan Saudek’s Deep Devotion of Veronika, with Footnotes – #51

May 2, 2023

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Jan Saudek ‘s compositions evoke the dramatic tableaus of early photography, with subjects artificially posed in front of the viewer. For many years, Saudek’s work remained underground in Prague as it would have garnered the attention of the secret police for its depiction of nudity and overt eroticism; at the time. His work has been…

01 Religious Icon, A Russian icon of the Deesis, with footnotes #29

May 1, 2023

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In the Deesis, the Pantocrator is in the center, to his right is the Mother of God in an attitude of intercession: she represents the Church, brings back to Christ the prayer of humanity and covers it with her maternal protection. After the Virgin, the Baptist has the place of honor next to Christ, to…

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Apr 8, 2023

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01 Painting, RELIGIOUS ART, Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov’s Appearance of Jesus Christ to Maria Magdalena – with footnotes #189 Two of the Gospels maintain that Jesus’ first post-resurrection appearance was to Mary alone, and the accounts include some description of Mary’s bewildered, frightened and joyful reactions as well as the condescending dismissal she initially received when…

01 Religious Icon, MOTHER OF GOD “MY SOUL MAGNIFIES THE LORD”, with footnotes #28

Apr 5, 2023

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This icon with the Virgin enthroned in an oval reserve holding a book open to the words of the Magnificat in Cyrillic reading “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior,” the silver oklad chased and repoussé with Neo-classical ornament, struck with mark of assayer Aleksei Vikhliaev, the Cyrillic…

01 Work, CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! Kasia Derwinska’s Prayer, with Footnotes – #51

Mar 18, 2023

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I talk to God but the sky is empty. Sylvia Plath Sylvia Plath October 27, 1932 – February 11, 1963) was an American poet, novelist, and short-story writer. Plath was clinically depressed for most of her adult life, and was treated multiple times with electroconvulsive therapy. She died by suicide in 1963. More on Sylvia Plath Kasia Derwinska…

01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation the bible, Lidia Wylangowska’s Bohemian Angel, with Footnotes – #129

Mar 16, 2023

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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 Lidia Wylangowska: “My…

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