Tag: Mythology,
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Erik Thor Sandberg, Purgatory 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – CONTEMPORARY & 20th Century Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 25
Erik Thor Sandberg Purgatory Oil on Canvas Private collection Purgatory, the condition, process, or place of purification or temporary punishment in which, according to medieval Christian and Roman Catholic belief, the souls of those who die in a state of grace are made ready for heaven. Purgatory has come to refer as well to a…
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Magnus Gjoen, LAST NIGHT I HAD A DREAM 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – CONTEMPORARY & 20th Century Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 20
Magnus Gjoen, United Kingdom LAST NIGHT I HAD A DREAM Giclée on Paper Size: 39.4 H x 39.4 W x 0.1 in Private collection Based on a dream Magnus had but also commenting on religions long arms and habit of trying to pull people in with promises of salvation and life in eternity. Magnus Gjoen was born…
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Giovanni Bilivert, VENUS, CUPID AND PAN 01 Paintings, Olympian deities, by the Old Masters, with footnotes # 19
Giovanni Bilivert, FLORENCE 1585 – 1644 VENUS, CUPID AND PAN Oil on copper 18 by 13 in.; 45.7 by 33 cm. Private collection Venus, goddess of love, is dipping her feet in a shallow, crystalline pond. Naked save for her pearl headdress and earrings, she is assisted by Cupid who washes her left leg. He is…
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Florentine School, 16th century, JUDITH 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the Bible! by the Old Masters, With Footnotes – 91
Florentine School, 16th century JUDITH oil on canvas 39 7/8 by 32 in.; 101.4 by 81.3 cm. Private collection The Book of Judith is the Old Testament of the Bible. The story revolves around Judith, a daring and beautiful widow, who is upset with her Jewish countrymen for not trusting God to deliver them from…
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Peter Paul Rubens, 1577 – 1640, Minerva protects Pax from Mars (‘Peace and War’), c. 1629-30 01 Paintings, Olympian deities, by the Old Masters, with footnotes, #10b
Peter Paul Rubens, 1577 – 1640 Minerva protects Pax from Mars (‘Peace and War’), c. 1629-30 Oil on canvas 203.5 x 298 cm The National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London Minerva drives away Mars, god of war, in Rubens’ powerful anti-war painting, a visual plea for peace between England and Spain in 1630, presented as a gift to…
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Sebastiano Ricci, BELLUNO 1659 – 1734 VENICE, VENUS IN THE FORGE OF VULCAN 01 Paintings, Olympian deities, by the Old Masters, with footnotes, #10a
Sebastiano Ricci, BELLUNO 1659 – 1734 VENICE VENUS IN THE FORGE OF VULCAN Venus going to Vulcan for the Arms of Aeneas Oil on canvas 73 1/8 by 102 1/2 in.; 185.7 by 260.2 cm. Private collection Venus, the goddess of love, looks down at Cupid. Venus went to her husband Vulcan’s forge and asked him…
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Virgin of Mercy 01 Antique Religious Carvings – Sculptures from the Bible, with footnotes, 9
Late 15th century carved wooden figure of the Virgin of Mercy, presumably Central German Detail The crowned Virgin is depicted in contrapposto, wearing a long richly draped gold cloak and holding the nude Christ Child in Her left arm, the right arm would have formerly held a sceptre, which is now lacking. Two angels to…
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Ivory diptych with the Crucifixion 01 Antique Religious Carvings – Ivory Sculptures from the Bible, with footnotes, 8
A late 14th century French carved ivory relief of the Crucifixion A diptych is any object with two flat plates attached at a hinge. From the Middle Ages many panel paintings took the diptych form, as small portable works for personal use; Eastern Orthodox ones may be called “travelling icons”. Although the tryptych form was more…
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Ivory diptych with the Annunciation and the Crucifixion 01 Antique Religious Carvings – Ivory Sculptures from the Bible, with footnotes, 7
Late 14th century French carved ivory diptych with the Annunciation and the Crucifixion A diptych is any object with two flat plates attached at a hinge. From the Middle Ages many panel paintings took the diptych form, as small portable works for personal use; Eastern Orthodox ones may be called “travelling icons”. Although the tryptych form…
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House of Venus and Mars/ Ares and Aphrodite 01 Fresco, Olympian deities, by the Old Masters, pictorial decoration of the mansions of Pompeii, with footnotes, #10a
House of Venus and Mars/ Ares and Aphrodite Between circa 75 and circa 100 AD Fresco on plaster cm 99 x 90 National Archaeological Museum of Naples Venus and Mars Fresco above shows the Roman gods Venus, goddess of love, and Mars, god of war, in an allegory of beauty and valour. The Fresco was probably intended to…
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03 Carvings, Biblical Carvings & Sculpture With Footnotes 6
A carved wooden crucifix figure without cross Republic of Benin. Late 19th to early 20th century 13 3/4″h x 11″w x 2 1/2″d. Private collection A brass crucifix with multiple figures Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kongo. Late 19th to earch 20th century 11″h x 6 1/4″w x 3/4″d Private collection African crucifixes are the result…
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01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Contemporary Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 10e
Sophie Wilkins Angélique, c. 2011 acrylique 36×40 Private collection Angélique; messenger of God. Sophie Wilkins is an active artist on the Montreal scene. She was born in 1976 , Ste- Barbe, Quebec. Passionate about her art since childhood, she now uses various mediums, either acrylic, oil or coal powder. Painting and the murals are its main fields of action.…
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01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Contemporary Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 10d
Sophie Wilkins Solédade, (Our Lady of Solitude?), c. 2011 acrylique 36×40 Private collection Our Lady of Solitude (Spanish: María de la Soledad) is a title of Mary (mother of Jesus) and a special form of Marian devotion practised in Spanish-speaking countries to commemorate the solitude of Mary on Holy Saturday. More on Solédade Sophie Wilkins is an active artist on…
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01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Contemporary Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 10c
Tsanko Tsankov, Bulgaria Touch, A Saint? Oil on Canvas Size: 19.7 H x 15.8 W x 0.1 in Private collection Tsanko Tsankov, 1962, born in Sofia and working in Varna,Bulgaria. In 1988 he graduated from the National Academy of Arts, Sofia. The energy store of the artistic paint, the use of the golden gilt as a marking credo…
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01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Contemporary Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 10b
Freddy Fabris, United States The Renaissance Series, ” The last supper “ Photography Size: 24 H x 36 W x 1 in Private collection The Last Supper is based on a late 15th-century mural painting by Leonardo da Vinci in the refectory of the Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan. It is one of the world’s…
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