Tag: Mythology,
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John Roddam Spencer Stanhope, ANDROMEDA 01 Painting, Olympian deities, by the Old Masters, with footnotes #41
Andromeda is the daughter of the Aethiopian king Cepheus and his wife Cassiopeia. When Cassiopeia’s hubris leads her to boast that Andromeda is more beautiful than the Nereids, Poseidon sends a sea monster, Cetus, to ravage Aethiopia as divine punishment. Andromeda is stripped and chained naked to a rock as a sacrifice to sate the monster,…
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Cercle of Paul Bril; Saint Anthony Abbot before his field of crops 01 Work, Interpretation the bible, With Footnotes – 126
Saint Anthony or Antony (251–356) was a Christian monk from Egypt, revered since his death as a saint. He is distinguished from other saints named Anthony by various epithets: Anthony the Great, Anthony of Egypt, Anthony the Abbot, Anthony of the Desert, Anthony the Anchorite, and Anthony of Thebes. For his importance among the Desert Fathers…
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05 Works, Today, April 18th, is Eleutherius and Antia’s day, With Footnotes – #104
Eleutherius was born in Rome, where his father was an imperial proconsul. His mother Anthia heard the Gospel from the Apostle Paul and was baptized by him… Please follow link for full post
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10 Works, Today, April 17th, is Pope Alexander I of Alexandria’s day, With Footnotes – #103
Alexander I of Alexandria, 19th Pope of Alexandria & Patriarch of the See of St. Mark. During his patriarchate, he dealt with a number of issues facing the Church in that day. These included the dating of Easter, the actions of Meletius of Lycopolis, and the issue of greatest substance, Arianism… Please follow link…
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04 Works, Today, April 16th, is Mary Brant’s day, With Footnotes – #102
Mary Brant, (born 1736?—died April 16, 1796, Kingston, Ontario [Canada]), Native American leader, an influential and effective Iroquois ally to Great Britain in the American Revolution and later a founder of Kingston, Ontario. Brant was of the Mohawk tribe, the daughter of a sachem (chief). Sometime in the late 1750s she came to the attention…
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Lalla Essaydi; Harem Revisited 01 Painting by Orientalist Artist Lalla Essaydi, with footnotes, #53
Moroccan born photographer Lalla Essaydi explores Arab female identity by hand-painting Arabic calligraphy in henna on different surfaces such as female bodies, fabric and walls. Through her compositions, Essaydi references nineteenth century Orientalist style and rejects traditional objectified representations of Arab women. The artist critiques French painters such as Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres and Eugène Delacroix who often painted…
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06 Works, Today, April 11th, is Saints Martinian and Processus’ day, With Footnotes – #98
Martinian and Processus were Christian martyrs of ancient Rome. Neither the years they lived nor the circumstances of their deaths are known. They are currently buried in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. According to legend, Martinian and Processus were were pagans and they served as guards at the Mamertine prison in Rome. In this prison were…
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07 Works, Today, April 10th, is Gregory V of Constantinople’s day, With Footnotes – #97
Gregory V (Georgios Angelopoulos), (1746–22 April 1821) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1797 to 1798, from 1806 to 1808 and from 1818 to 1821. He was responsible for much restoration work to the Patriarchal Cathedral of St George, which had been badly damaged by fire in 1738. The Patriarch was not only the head…
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05 Works, Today, April 9th, is Holy Martyr Eupsychius’s day, With Footnotes – #96
The Holy Martyr Eupsychius was born in the city of Caesarea in Cappadocia and received a Christian upbringing by his illustrious parents. During the reign of Julian the Apostate (361–363), Saint Eupsychius entered into a Christian marriage. At Caesarea there was a pagan temple to the goddess Fortuna, whom Julian the Apostate revered. As Eupsychius…
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04 Works, Today, April 8th, is Julian of Saint Augustine’s day, With Footnotes – #95
The father of Blessed Julian was a French nobleman who, in order to escape from the violent pressure exerted on him by the Calvinists to make him apostatize from the Catholic Faith, fled to Spain leaving all his wealth behind. There Julian was born and reared amid unpretentious circumstances, but in a very Christian manner.…
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Richard Ziegler; Judgment of Paris, 01 Work, Contemporary Interpretations of Olympian deities, with footnotes #24
The influence of the art of Italy and especially of the Renaissance can also be seen in this work. Thus, the frieze-like structure and the detailed representation of the vegetation to Paolo Uccello reminiscent, while Sandro Botticelli’s painting with the same subject Paris also on the right sitting on a stone with the golden apple…
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05 Works, Today, April 7th, is Jean-Baptiste de La Salle’s day, With Footnotes – #94
Jean-Baptiste de La Salle (April 30, 1651 – April 7, 1719) was a French priest, educational reformer, and founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. He is a saint of the Catholic Church and the patron saint for teachers of youth. He is referred to both as La Salle and as De…
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