Tag: Flemish
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01 Work, Interpretation of the bible, Flemish school’s Pietà, with Footnotes #181
The Pietà is a subject in Christian art depicting the Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus, most often found in sculpture. As such, it is a particular form of the Lamentation of Christ, a scene from the Passion of Christ found in cycles of the Life of Christ. When Christ and the Virgin are…
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Flemish School 17th century, The Stigmatization of Saint Francis 01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation the bible, With Footnotes – 119
The Stigmatization of Saint Francis. Two years before his death, according to his custom, Saint Francis had repaired to Mt La Verna to spend the 40 days preceding the feast of St. Michael the Archangel in prayer and fasting. On the morning of the feast of the Exultation of the Holy Cross, as he was praying in…