Tag: religion
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4 Works, Contemporary interpretations of Olympian Deities, Thomas Saliot’s Mermaids, with Footnotes #7
In Greek mythology, the Naiads are a type of female spirit, or nymph, presiding over fountains, wells, springs, streams, brooks and other bodies of fresh water. They are distinct from river gods, who embodied rivers, and the very ancient spirits that inhabited the still waters of marshes, ponds and lagoon-lakes, such as pre-Mycenaean Lerna in…
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01 Work, Interpretation of the bible, Henry Le Jeune’s Thy Will be Done, with Footnotes #201
Sold for GBP 8,820 in Jul 2022 This depiction of the Agony in the Garden, on the Mount of Olives, in which, between the Last Supper and his arrest, Christ retired to pray. ‘Agony’ in this context derives from the Greek meaning a contest, and Le Jeune, through juxtaposing the solitary figure of Christ against the…
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09 works, Today, August 29th, is The Beheading of John the Baptist day, his story illustrated #241
Following the Baptism of the Jesus, Saint John the Baptist was locked up in prison by Herod Antipas, ruler of one fourth of the Holy Land, and governor of Galilee. Herod Antipas received Galilee from the emperor Augustus… Please follow link for full post
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29 Photographs, CONTEMPORARY RELIGIOUS ART – Photography from the Bible, with footnotes #3
How can it be represented Christ today? How can his life, his actions and his teachings to be communicated through modern means, words we know and that can instill a sense of immediacy? In other words, how can you convey that sense of eternity as it is contained in the words of the Gospel: “I…
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15 Paintings, Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman religion, with footnotes #2
Artists include: Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, French School, Charles Joseph Natoire, FRANCKEN, FRANS II, School of Cornelis van Poelenburgh, Titian, Peter Paul Rubens, Pierre-Paul Prud’hon, Giorgione, Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne and Carl von Marr. Please follow link for full post
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06 works, Today, August 18th, is the Saints Florus and Laurus’ day, their story illustrated #230
Archangel Michael holds two saddled horses on long reins. Flor and Lavr on either side of it stand on the tops of the hills. Under the archangel are two horse-breeders, the third horse-breeder is placed lower in the left corner. In the lower part of the composition near a semi-oval reservoir, horses with foals are…
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01 Work, Interpretation of the bible, Rogier van der Weyden’s Saint Luke Drawing the Virgin, with Footnotes #197
According to tradition, Saint Luke created the first portraits of the Virgin Mary and the infant Jesus from life, making him the patron saint of painters. Here, in one of the most important Renaissance paintings in North America, Rogier van der Weyden introduces an unprecedented sense of naturalism, grounding a sacred episode in everyday experience. More…
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01 Work, Interpretation of the bible, Follower of Hieronymus Bosch ‘s The Garden of Earthly Delights – Hell, with Footnotes #196
Sold for GBP 112,500 in Jul 2022 Hieronymus Bosch’s extraordinary pictorial vocabulary had a widely-felt impact on the visual arts that endured for decades after his death in 1516. His vividly imagined, tormented hellscapes were extensively reproduced and reworked by painters working in the Netherlands throughout the sixteenth century, and the ubiquity of his imagery was…
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01 Work, Interpretations of Roman tradition, The Master of the Holy Blood’s Death of Lucretia, with footnotes #40
Sold for 5,000 GBP in April 2016 Lucretia, legendary heroine of ancient Rome. According to tradition, she was the beautiful and virtuous wife of the nobleman Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus. Her tragedy began when she was raped by Sextus Tarquinius, son of Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, the tyrannical Etruscan king of Rome. After exacting an oath of vengeance against…
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01 Work, Interpretation of the bible, Maxwell Ashby Armfield’s Salome with the head of St John the Baptist, with Footnotes #196
Estimate for GBP 15,000 – GBP 25,000 in Jul 2022 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…
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01 Work, Contemporary Interpretations of Olympian deities, William Mortensen’s Venus and Vulcan, with footnotes #30
A uniquely funny and strange take on a standard from classical antiquity. Vucan is the god of fire and the forge. Here he is old and bent over, nearly crushed by the weight of his enormous box camera. He holds the hand of his cupid progeny. Cupid has a Leica strapped to his shoulder rather…
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01 Work, Interpretation of the bible, Luis Morales’ Our Lady of Sorrows, with Footnotes #195
Sold for €5,000 in Jul 2022 Our Lady of Sorrows, the Sorrowful Mother or Mother of Sorrows, and Our Lady of Piety, Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows or Our Lady of the Seven Dolours are names by which the Blessed Virgin Mary is referred to in relation to sorrows in her life. As Mater Dolorosa,…
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11 Paintings, Olympian Myths as recounted by the Old Masters, with footnotes #8
The stories of the ancient Greeks about their gods, heroes, and explanations of the nature and history of the universe are known as Greek mythology. These stories, or myths, have survived for more than 2,000 years. Greek mythology has had an extensive influence on the arts and literature of Western civilization, which inherited much of…
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05 works, Today, August 10th, is Blessed Laurence’s day, his story illustrated #222
Blessed Laurence lived at the beginning of the sixteenth century at the distance of 533 meters from old Kaluga, near a forest church in honor of the Nativity of Christ, set upon a high hill. During the period of Tartar raids Kaluga was the western end of the Oka bank defense line… Please follow link…
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