Tag: Classical
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05 works, Today, October 25th, is Saint Tabitha’s day, her story illustrated #296
Tabitha, living in the port city of Joppa (modern-day Jaffa, near Tel Aviv), is the only woman in the New Testament who is plainly called a “disciple.”… Please follow link for full post
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08 Works, Today, July 13th, is Martyr Myrope’s day, her story in art #194
The Holy Martyr Myrope was born in the city of Ephesus at the beginning of the third century. She lost her father at an early age, and her mother raised her in the Christian Faith… Please follow link for full post
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1 Religious Icon, 19th C. Russian Icon of Sergey Kirillov’s Reverend Sergius of Radonezh, with footnotes #49
Saint Sergius of Radonezh, Russian Svyatoy Sergy Radonezhsky, original name Barfolomey Kirillovich, (born May 3, 1314, Rostov, Russia—died Sept. 25, 1392, Radonezh, near Moscow), Russian Orthodox monk whose spiritual doctrine and social programs made him one of Russia’s most respected spiritual leaders. His monastery of the Trinity became the Russian centre and symbol of religious…
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04 Works, Today, May 20th is Saint Baudilus’s day, his Story in Paintings part #140
Saint Baudilus is venerated as a martyr by the Catholic Church. His cult is closely associated with the city of Nîmes and Spain… Please follow link for full post
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01 Work, Interpretation of the bible, Juan de Borgoña’s Adoration of the Magi, with Footnotes – #212
The Adoration of the Magi (anglicized from the Matthean Vulgate Latin section title: A Magis adoratur) is the name traditionally given to the subject in the Nativity of Jesus in art in which the three Magi, represented as kings, especially in the West, having found Jesus by following a star, lay before him gifts of gold,…
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04 works, Today, December 29th, is The Holy Innocents’ day, or The Massacre in Gaza, their story, illustrated #361
Angelo Viscónti (1829–1861) was an Italian painter, mainly depicting turbulent scenes including historic and sacred subjects… Please follow link for full post
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01 Work, Interpretation of the bible, The Master of the Antwerp Adoration’s The Holy Family in a garden, with Footnotes – #210
Sold for USD 173,000 in Jun 2014 This roundel represents the Holy Family in the enclosed courtyard of a Renaissance palace. In the foreground, Saint Joseph is dressed in a striking red robe with a vibrant-blue chaperon, practicing his trade as a carpenter as he shapes a wooden plank with an ax. To the right…
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05 works, Today, December 5th, is the Seventy disciples’ day, their story, illustrated #338
The Seventy Apostles or Seventy-two Apostles are those whom the Lord chose, in addition to the original Twelve Apostles, to go before Him into the cities He would visit , and lay down the groundwork and infrastructure for the Early Church, as mentioned in the Gospel of Luke… Please follow link for full post
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01 Religious Icon, Christ Pantocrator, with footnotes #41
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…
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01 Work, Interpretation of the bible, JULES JOSEPH LEFEBVRE’S THE RED CLOAK, with Footnotes – #224
Sold for 13,750 USD in October 2019 Jules Joseph Lefebvre (F14 March 1836 – 24 February 1911) was a French figure painter, educator and theorist. Lefebvre entered the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in 1852 and was a pupil of Léon Cogniet. He won the prestigious Prix de Rome in 1861. Between 1855 and 1898, he exhibited…
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01 Religious Icon, Simone Martini’s Annunciation with St. Margaret and St. Ansanus, with footnotes #40
The work is composed of a large central panel depicting the Annunciation, and two side panels with St. Ansanus (left), and female saint, generally identified with St. Maxima or St. Margaret, in the right, and four tondos in the cusps: Jeremiah, Ezechiel, Isiah and Daniel. The Annunciation shows the archangel Gabriel entering the house of…
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01 Works, CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! VYACHESLAV KALININ’s The Exodus, with Footnotes – #46
The flight into Egypt is a story recounted in the Gospel of Matthew and in New Testament apocrypha. Soon after the visit by the Magi, an angel appeared to Joseph in a dream telling him to flee to Egypt with Mary and the infant Jesus since King Herod would seek the child to kill him.…
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08 works, Today, August 21st, is the Forefathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob’s day, his story illustrated #233
Abraham is known as the patriarch of the Israelite people through Isaac, the son born to him and Sarah in their old age and the patriarch of Arabs through his son Ishmael, born to Abraham and Hagar-his wife Sarah’s Egyptian slave-girl… Please follow link for full post
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1 Religious Icon, Luca Signorelli’s Saint Nicholas of Bari saving three knights, with footnotes #11
Sold for 176,400 USD in January 2022 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…
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10 Works, The Art of War, Abbott Handerson Thayer’s An Angel Flew Over Gaza, with footnotes
The angels came to Gaza in the time of death and devastation! They flew over the city filled with death and destruction. The then came down to help the dead, the wounded, the orphaned and the suffering. The children who lost their families. The mothers who cried for help that wasn’t coming… Please follow link…
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01 Work, Interpretation of the bible, Arnold Böcklin’s The Lamentations of Mary Magdalene on the body of Christ, Nothing has changed in over 2000 years, with Footnotes #214
Arnold Böcklin came up with the idea for this painting while he was in Rome. The artist finally executed the painting in Basel, where it was shown in the Stadt-Casino from January 12 to 19, 1868, and was purchased by the Basel Museum Commission during the exhibition. More on this painting Mary Magdalene, literally translated as…
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01 Work, Interpretation of the bible, The Art of War, Juan Correa de Vivar’s The Taking of Christ, with Footnotes #196
A detachment of Roman soldiers and its commander, were accompanied by “officials from the chief priests and Pharisees” who had been sent to arrest Jesus. Due to the throngs of people in Jerusalem during Passover, the Romans transferred auxiliary troops to the Fortress of Antonia. They were there to prevent mob riots and incipient rebellion at the…
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01 Work, In Memory of The Gaza Mother’s Miraculous Birthing of her Daughter Even After her Death. William Oxer’s Nativity, with Footnotes #219
Amid the massive doom that has been lying over Gaza in the Israel-Hamas war for the past six months, a miracle took place as a baby was delivered safely and alive from the womb of a Palestinian woman who was killed during an attack by Israel in Gaza city of Rafah on Sunday. More on this…
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01 Work, Interpretation of the bible, The Art of War, John Wood’s The Death of Abel, with Footnotes #211
According to the Book of Genesis, Adam´s sons each made offerings to the Lord, who was pleased with Abel´s but not with Cain´s. Jealous of his brother, Cain slew Abel, suffering the ire of God and banishment. As tradition has it, Abel was beaten to death with the jawbone of an ass. The subject of…
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01 Work, The art of War, Nicolas Poussin’s The Victory of Joshua over the Amalekites, with Footnotes
The Amalekites, descendants of Amalek, were an ancient biblical nation living near the land of Canaan. They were the first nation to attack the Jewish people after the Exodus from Egypt, and they are seen as the archetypal enemy of the Jews. Joshua was successor to Moses, who led the Israelites through the Desert and…
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