Tag: Christ
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01 Work, CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! Adriana Varejão’s Cristo, with Footnotes – #52
Crucifixion is a historical method of capital punishment in which the victim is tied or nailed to a large wooden beam and left to hang for several days until eventual death from exhaustion and asphyxiation. It is principally known from classical antiquity, but remains in occasional use in some countries. The crucifixion of Jesus is a…
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09 works, Today, December 4th, is Saint John the Silent, يوحنا الدمشقي day, his story, illustrated #337
The city of Damascus in Syria fell to the Muslims in 635. At the time of the Caliph Abdul-Malik, responsibility for government of the Christian population was given to Sergius Mansur, a prominent Christian of the city. Sergius strove to govern in a godly way under the many disabilities imposed by the Caliph, and devoted…
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1 Religious Icon, 19th C. Russian Icon of St. Alexander Svirsky, with footnotes #21
St. Alexander Svirsky spent much of time of his life as a monk, including some period of total isolation from society. In 1506, Serapion, Archbishop of Novgorod, appointed him Hegumen of the Trinity monastery, which later became known as Alexander-Svirsky Monastery, at the place of the saint’s eremitic life between Roschinsky and Holy lakes.A rendition of…
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07 works, Today, November 19th, is the Prophet Obadiah’s day, his story illustrated #322
John Singer Sargent (January 12, 1856 — April 14, 1925) was an American artist, considered the “leading portrait painter of his generation” for his evocations of Edwardian era luxury. During his career, he created roughly 900 oil paintings and more than 2,000 watercolors, as well as countless sketches and charcoal drawings. His oeuvre documents worldwide travel, from…
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56 Works, Following in the footsteps of Saint Mary of Egypt, with footnotes, #19
Sebastiano Ricci (1 August 1659–15 May 1734) was an Italian painter of the late Baroque school of Venice. About the same age as Piazzetta, and an elder contemporary of Tiepolo, he represents a late version of the vigorous and luminous Cortonesque style of grand manner fresco painting. More on Sebastiano Ricci Mary of Egypt (ca.…
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01 Work, CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! Georges Rouault’s CRUCIFIXION, with Footnotes – #49
Much of Rouault’s work remained indebted to his apprenticeship with glaziers as a teenager. The artist retained an enduring passion for this craft, and the juxtaposition of the vibrant greens, yellows and reds and the use of heavy contours resembling lead tracery reflect his early training. Rouault returns to the craft with the present work,…
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01 Work, Interpretation of the bible, Gabriel von Max’s The Christian Martyr, with Footnotes – #195
A martyr is a person who was killed because of their testimony of Jesus and God. In years of the early church, this often occurred through death by sawing, stoning, crucifixion, burning at the stake or other forms of torture and capital punishment. At first, the term applied to Apostles. Once Christians started to undergo persecution,…
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1 Religious Icon, 18th C. Russian Icon, Christ Emmanuel, with footnotes #19
The text beneath may refer to a passage of Isaiah that Christ read in the synagogue of Nazareth, “The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to preach good tidings to the afflicted”. The prophet Isaiah coined the term Emmanuel which means God is with us, and this…
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08 Works, Interpretation of the bible, The Martyrdom of Saint Afra, with Footnotes – #192
In the late 3rd century, Afra’s pagan family journeyed from Cyprus to Augsburg. She was dedicated to the service of the goddess Venus, by her mother, Hilaria. She was originally a prostitute in Augsburg, and is reputed either to have run a brothel in that town or worked as a hierodule in the Temple of…
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09 works, Today, October 8th, is Saint Pelagia’s day, her story illustrated #280
Pelagia’s story, attributed to Jamesor Jacob, deacon of the church of modern Baalbek. He states that Margarita, the Latin equivalent of “Pelagia, was the “foremost actress” and a prominent harlot in Antioch… Please follow link for full post
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02 Works, CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! Ramon Martinez’s Female Jesus, With Footnotes – #42
Dark portrait of Jesus as woman. This image has been selected as cover of the German thriller “Führerin” by Gregor Eisenhauer. My name is Ramon Martinez. I work with experimental art in video, photography, 3D art, 3D animations, etc. about the subject the crucified female Christ. I’ve started my art project since early 2005 and…
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07 works, Today, August 27th, is Saint Phanourios’ day, his story illustrated #239
Angelos Akotantos was a 15th-century Byzantine-Cretan Icon-painter and hagiographer who lived and worked at Heraklion, Crete, then part of the Republic of Venice. He was the first hagiographer to sign his name on his icons by writing in Greek: “Χειρ Αγγέλου” which, translated in English, means “By hand of Angelos”. Angelos Akotantos’ known works consist…
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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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