Tag: Classical
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04 Works, Today February 22th, is the Holy Martyrs at the gate of Eugenius at Constantinople’s Day, With Footnotes – #52
During the persecutions against Christians the relics of the holy martyrs were usually buried by believers in hidden places. So at Constantinople, near the gates and tower in the Eugenius quarter, the bodies of several martyrs were found. Their names remain unknown by the Church. When miracles of healing began to occur at this spot,…
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04 Works, Today, February 20th, is Saint Leo of Catania’s Day, With Footnotes – 50
Saint Leo of Catania, nicknamed the Thaumaturgus, also known as St Leo the Wonderworker in Sicily (May 703 or 709 – 20 February 789) lived at the time of the first persecutions of the holy icons. He was born in Ravenna to a noble family, and became bishop of his native city. Soon his reputation…
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06 Works, Today, February 15th, is Saints Jovita and Faustinus’ Day, With Footnotes – #46
Saints Jovita and Faustinus were said to be Christian martyrs under Hadrian. Their traditional date of death is 120. They are patron saints of Brescia. Tradition states that they were members of a noble family of Brescia in Lombardy (northern Italy). Jovinus, the older brother, was a preacher; Faustinus, a deacon. According to the tradition of…
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Giacinto Brandi, Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane 01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation the bible, With Footnotes – #131
Gethsemane is an urban garden at the foot of the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. In Christianity, it is the place where Jesus underwent the agony in the garden and was arrested the night before his crucifixion. Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane refers to the events in the life of Jesus as recorded in the…
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Aloïse Corbaz; Adoration of the Mages 01 Work, CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – # 38
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, February 5th, is Saint Agatha of Sicily’s Day, With Footnotes – 36
Sebastiano del Piombo (1485 – 21 June 1547) was an Italian painter of the High Renaissance and early Mannerist periods famous as the only major artist of the period to combine the colouring of the Venetian school in which he was trained with the monumental forms of the Roman school. He belongs both to the painting…
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03 Works, Today, February 4th, is Saint Isidore of Pelusium’s Day, With Footnotes – 34
Isidore of Pelusium (b. 450) was born in Egypt to a prominent Alexandrian family. He became an ascetic, and moved to a mountain near the city of Pelusium, in the tradition of the Desert Fathers. His parents who saw to his education. They taught him the books of the church, and the Greek language in which he excelled. He was also…
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03 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Today, January 15, is St. Tatyana Rimskaya’s Day, With Footnotes – 15
Saint Tatiana was a Christian martyr in 3rd-century Rome during the reign of Emperor Alexander Severus. She was a deaconess of the early church. According to legend, she was the daughter of a Roman civil servant who was secretly Christian, and raised his daughter in the faith. This was dangerous, and one day the jurist Ulpian…
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Titian, The Madonna and Child 01 Work, Interpretation the bible, With Footnotes – 129
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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Renato Guttuso, The CCrucifixion 02 Works, 20th Century Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 37
Crocifissione is the painting for which Renato Guttuso is best remembered. At the time it was derided by the clergy, who labelled Guttuso a “pictor diabolicus” (“a devilish painter”). The fascists also denounced it for depicting the horrors of war under a religious cover. Guttuso wrote in his diary: “it is the symbol of all those…
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Bolognese School, The Holy Family 01 Work, Interpretation the bible, With Footnotes – 128
The Holy Family consists of the Child Jesus, the Virgin Mary, and Saint Joseph. Veneration of the Holy Family was formally begun in the 17th century by Saint François de Laval, the first bishop of New France, who founded a Confraternity. Matthew and Luke narrate the episodes from this period of Christ’s life, namely his Circumcision…
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Hans Baldung Grien, Lot and his daughters 01 Work, Interpretation the bible, With Footnotes – 127
Lot and his two daughters, Genesis 19:30-38, left Zoar and settled in the mountains, for he was afraid to stay in Zoar. He and his two daughters lived in a cave. 31 One day the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man around here to give us children—as…
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Viet Ha Tran, Garden of Eden 01 Work, CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 46
The Garden of Eden, also called Paradise, is the biblical “garden of God” described in the Book of Genesis and the Book of Ezekiel. The location of Eden is described in the Book of Genesis as the source of four tributaries. The Garden of Eden is considered to be mythological by most scholars. Among those…
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Velasco Vitali, Dead Christ 01 Work, CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 36
Velasco Vitali (1960). His debut is marked by the encounter with Giovanni Testori and participation to the show Artists and Writers at Rotonda della Besana, Milan. In 2004 Electa published Velasco 20, a monograph on Giulio Giorello’s first twenty-two years of activity, with a contribution. Extramoenia (2004-2005) is an exhibition set up by the Sicily…
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David Driesbach; Rest on the Flight to Egypt 01 Work, CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 34
Rest on the Flight to Egypt. The scene is based not on any incident in the Bible itself, but on a body of tales or legends that had grown up in the early Middle Ages around the Bible story of the Holy Family fleeing into Egypt for refuge on being warned that Herod the Great was…
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Pieter van Lint; Virgin and Child 01 Work, Interpretation the bible, With Footnotes – 121
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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William Baxter Closson; The Angel 01 Work, CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 30
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 William Baxter…
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Gustavo Aceves; The crucifixion of Jesus 01 Work, CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 29
The crucifixion of Jesus occurred in 1st-century Judea, most likely between AD 30 and 33. Jesus’ crucifixion is described in the four canonical gospels, referred to in the New Testament epistles. Jesus was arrested and tried by the Sanhedrin, and then sentenced by Pontius Pilate to be scourged, and finally crucified by the Romans. Jesus was…
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Gabriel Macotela, La santa 01 Work, CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 28
Gabriel Macotela (Guadalajara, Jalisco, 1954 -) La santa/ A saint, c. 1983 Oil, water and religious folk charm on wood 195 x 101.5 cm Private collection A saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of holiness or likeness or closeness to God. Depending on the context and denomination, the term also retains its…
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ITALIAN SCHOOL, The Sanhedrin trial of Jesus 01 Work, Interpretation the bible, With Footnotes – 120
The present painting depicts Jesus after his arrest in Jerusalem and prior to his dispensation by Pontius Pilate. It is an event reported by all four canonical gospels of the New Testament. As can be seen, Jesus sits quietly and does not mount a defense, rarely responding to the accusations against him. The Jewish authorities…
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