Tag: Icons
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Guillaume Courtois, THE MARTYRDOM OF SAINT ANDREW 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation the bible, With Footnotes – 119
Guillaume Courtois, dit Il Cortese, SAINT-HIPPOLYTE 1628 – 1679 ROME THE MARTYRDOM OF SAINT ANDREW Oil on canvas 64,5 x 45 cm ; 25 3/8 by 17 3/4 in Private collection Andrew the Apostle (from the early 1st century – mid to late 1st century AD), also known as Saint Andrew was a Christian Apostle and…
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Jean Béraud, St. Mary Magdalene in the House of Simon the Pharisee 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – CONTEMPORARY & 20th Century Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 22
Jean Béraud, (1849–1935) St. Mary Magdalene in the House of Simon the Pharisee, c. 1891 Oil on canvas Musée d’Orsay The Parable of the Two Debtors: A Pharisee invited Jesus to eat, and Jesus went to his house. He was sitting at the table, when a woman of ill repute arrived with an alabaster jar full…
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Giovanni Battista Benaschi, The expulsion from the temple 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation the bible, With Footnotes – 111
Giovanni Battista Benaschi, or Beinaschi, (1636–1688) The expulsion from the temple Oil on canvas 148 x 199 cm.; 58 1/4 x 78 1/4 in. Private collection Jesus is stated to have visited the Temple in Jerusalem, where the courtyard is described as being filled with livestock, merchants, and the tables of the money changers. And making…
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Filippino Lippi, VIRGIN AND CHILD 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation the bible, With Footnotes – 118
Follower of Filippino Lippi VIRGIN AND CHILD Tempera on panel 69,4 x 55 cm; 27 3/8 by 21 5/8 in. Private collection 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…
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Murgia Cinzia, Salome 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – CONTEMPORARY & 20th Century Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 26
Murgia Cinzia, (b. 1963) Salome Photography Private collection Salome was the daughter of Herod II and Herodias. She is infamous for demanding and receiving the head of John the Baptist, according to the New Testament. According to Flavius Josephus’s Jewish Antiquities, Salome was first married to Philip the Tetrarch of Ituraea and Trakonitis. After Philip’s death in…
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ANTWERP SCHOOL, Annunciation to the Shepherds 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation the bible, With Footnotes – 108
ANTWERP SCHOOL, FIRST HALF OF THE 16TH CENTURY Annunciation to the Shepherds Oil on panel 60.4 x 47.7 cm.; 23 3/4 x 18 3/4 in. Private collection Shepherds were tending their flocks out in the countryside near Bethlehem, when they were terrified by the appearance of an angel. The angel explains that he has a…
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EMILIAN SCHOOL, The expulsion of Lucifer 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation the bible, With Footnotes – 111
EMILIAN SCHOOL, 17TH CENTURY The expulsion of Lucifer Oil on canvas 145 x 201.5 cm.; 57 1/8 x 79 3/8 in. Private collection The Fall of Lucifer finds its earliest identification with a fallen angel in Origen, based on an interpretation of Isaiah, which describes a king of Babylon as the fallen “morning star”. This…
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Maxim Fomenko, Paradise, 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – CONTEMPORARY & 20th Century Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 22
Maxim Fomenko, Germany Paradise Oil and Acrylic on Canvas 78.7 H x 110.2 W x 2 in Private collection Paradise is the term for a place of timeless harmony. The Abrahamic faiths associate paradise with the Garden of Eden, that is, the perfect state of the world prior to the fall from grace, and the perfect…
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Adriaen Isenbrant, The Virgin and Child 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 26
Adriaen Isenbrant, (1490 – 1551) The Virgin and Child Oil on panel (parquetted) 49 x 33.7 cm Private collector The present composition is based on a painting of the Virgin and Child by Gerard David, which is housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. In David’s painting, the Virgin stands surrounded by…
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Hans Memling (circa 1433–1494) The Last Judgment, circa 1466 and circa 1473
Hans Memling, (circa 1433–1494) The Last Judgment, circa 1466 and circa 1473 Triptych Oil on panel National Museum, Gdańsk The Last Judgment, Final Judgment, Day of Judgment, Judgment Day, Doomsday, or The Day of the Lord, or in Arabic Yawm al-Qiyāmah or Yawm ad-Din is part of the eschatological world view of the Abrahamic religions and in…
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William Adolphe Bouguereau, Three Marys at the Tomb 01 Paintings, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretations of the Bible! by The Old Masters, With Footnotes # 47a
William Adolphe Bouguereau, (William Bouguereau) (1825-1905) Le Saintes Femmes au Tombeau/ Three Marys at the Tomb, c. 1890 Oil on canvas Private collection Le Saintes Femmes au Tombeau, 1890, translated to The Holy Women at the Tomb, depicts the three Marys, Mary the Mother of James, Mary Magdalene and Mary of Cleophas, at the tomb of the…
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Thomas Saliot, Eve 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – CONTEMPORARY & 20th Century Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 23
Thomas Saliot, France Eve Oil on Canvas 63 H x 53.1 W x 0.4 in Private collection Eve is a figure in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible. According to the creation myth of the Abrahamic religions, she was the first woman. In Islamic tradition, Eve is known as Adam’s wife and the first woman…
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Iva Troj, Lamb / Embrace IV Revisited 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – CONTEMPORARY & 20th Century Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 22
Iva Troj, United Kingdom Lamb / Embrace IV Revisited Painting 35.4 H x 43.3 W x 2.4 in Private collection To me, this painting has all the of the Italian church paintings of their time. The Madonna, with Christ in her arms, receiving Saint Catherine who brings a flower as a gift. In the background would…
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Jean Mosnier, SAINT SEBASTIAN 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the Bible! by the Old Masters, With Footnotes – 94
Attributed to Jean Mosnier, BLOIS 1600 – 1656 SAINT SEBASTIAN oil on canvas 46 by 35 7/8 in.; 116.8 by 91.1 cm Private collection Saint Sebastian (died c. 288 AD) was an early Christian saint and martyr. Sebastian had prudently concealed his faith, but in 286 was detected. Diocletian reproached him for his betrayal, and he commanded him…
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Niccolò di Pietro Gerini, The Crucifixion, c. 1390 01 Paintings, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretations of the Bible! by The Old Masters, With Footnotes # 57a
Niccolò di Pietro Gerini The Crucifixion, c. 1390 Tempera on panel 70 cm × w 43 cm Rijksmuseum The crucifixion, against a golden background. The cross mountain with soldiers on horseback with swirling banners between the crosses. In the forefront of Mary, Mary Magdalene, John and others. This crowded Crucifixion was probably intended as an independent panel…
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Deborah Stevenson, United States, The Sin Of Shame. RELIGIOUS ART – Contemporary Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 10h
Deborah Stevenson, United States The Sin Of Shame Collage Size: 8.4 H x 7.7 W x 0.1 in Private collection Shame has plagued us since Adam and Eve bit into the fruit and realized they were naked. Their first instinct was to hide from each other and God (Genesis 3:7–11). They now stood guilty before God…
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Dimitar Voynov-Jr, Sofia 1971, Angel 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Contemporary Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 10g
Dimitar Voynov-Jr, Sofia 1971 “Angel” 30×30 Private collection 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.[1][2] Other roles of angels include protecting and guiding human beings, and carrying…
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08 Russian Icons from the Bible, with footnotes, #12
18th C. Russian Icon Christ Emmanuel Egg tempera and gold leaf on wood 10.25″ W x 12.25″ H (26 cm x 31.1 cm) Private collection 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…
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12 Mexico Icons, scenes from the Bible, with footnotes # 10
SAINT GEORGE AND THE DRAGON MEXICO, LATE 19th CENTURY Oil on metallic sheet 35.5 x 25.5 Private Collection Saint George (circa 275/281 – 23 April 303 AD) was a soldier in the Roman army who later became venerated as a Christian martyr. His parents were Christians of Greek background; his father Gerontius was a Roman army…
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10 Icons from the Bible, with footnotes, #16
Italian School, 19th century, in the manner of a Trecento work THE MADONNA AND CHILD Oil and gold ground on poplar panel 47.2 x 29.6 cm.; 18 5/8 x 11 5/8 in. Private collection The Trecento refers to the 14th century in Italian cultural history. Commonly the Trecento is considered to be the beginning of the…
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