Tag: CIMA da Conegliano
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05 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretations of the Bible! With Footnotes – # 43
John Byam Liston Shaw (13 November 1872–26 January 1919), commonly known as Byam Shaw, was a British painter, illustrator, designer and teacher. Born in Madras, Byam Shaw’s father John was the registrar of the High Court at Madras. The family returned to England in 1878. Baymam showed early artistic promise, and in 1887 he entered…
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03 works, Today, September 14th, is Exaltation of the Cross day, the story illustrated #256
Exaltation of the Holy Cross, also called Universal Exaltation of the Holy and Life-Giving Cross or Holy Cross Day, liturgical feast celebrated on September 14 to honour the cross on which Jesus Christ was crucified. In the Eastern churches the feast dates back to the dedication of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (the site…
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01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – # 43a
CIMA da Conegliano, (b. ca. 1459, Conegliano, d. 1517/18, Conegliano) St Helena, c. 1495 Oil on panel 40 x 32 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Helena, St. Helena, or St. Helen ( c. 250 – c. 330), was a Greek native from the Greek city of Drepana in the province of Bithynia in Asia Minor (Turkey). She…