Tag: Raphael
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10 Paintings, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretations of the Bible! by The Old Masters, With Footnotes # 47
Religious art is a visual representation of religious ideologies and their relationship with humans. Sacred art directly relates to religious art in the sense that its purpose is for worship and religious practices. According to one set of definitions, artworks that are inspired by religion but are not considered traditionally sacred remain under the umbrella…
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36 Paintings, Olympian deities, The full story of Cupid and Psyche, by the Old Masters, with footnotes #7
There were once a king and queen, rulers of an unnamed city, who had three daughters of conspicuous beauty. The youngest and most beautiful was Psyche, whose admirers, neglecting the proper worship of the love goddess Venus, instead prayed and made offerings to her. It was rumored that she was the second coming of Venus……
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04 works, Today, October 3rd, is Saint Dionysius’ day, his story illustrated #275
Dionysius the Areopagite was a judge at the Areopagus Court in Athens, who lived in the first century. A convert to Christianity, he is venerated as a saint by multiple denominations. He was converted to Christianity by the preaching of Paul the Apostle during the Areopagus sermon, according to Dionysius, Bishop of Corinth. He was…
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06 Works, Today, May 21st is Saints Constantine and Helen’s day, his Story in Paintings #141
Saint Constantine was born in 272, the son of Constantius Chlorus, ruler of the western part of the Roman Empire, and St Helen. When his father died in 306 he was proclaimed successor to the throne. The empire was ruled at that time by several Caesars, each with his own territory. When Constantine learned that…
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Raphael, The Miraculous Draught of Fishes 01 Paintings, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretations of the Bible! by The Old Masters, With Footnotes # 47 c
Raphael, 1483 – 1520 The Miraculous Draught of Fishes, c. 1515-1516 Bodycolour on paper on canvas 320 × 390 cm Victoria and Albert Museum, London Pope Leo X commissions Raphael to design ten draperies for the lower parts of the walls of the Sistine Chapel. In 1515-16 Raphael creates the cartoons for the wool and…
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01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the Bible!, With Footnotes – 95
Giovanni Biliverti, (1585–1644) The Archangel Raphael Refusing Tobias’s Gift, c. 1612 Oil on canvas Height: 175 cm (68.9 in). Width: 146 cm (57.5 in). Pitti Palace The subject comes from the Book of Tobit , one of the Apocryphal books in the Old Testament, and shows the final scene in the story of how Tobit, a…
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09 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Raphael’s muse Margarita Luti, Part 1, with Footnotes. #22
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino (March 28 or April 6, 1483 – April 6, 1520), known as Raphael, was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, and visual achievement of the Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur. Together with Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci,…
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