Tag: religion
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01 Orientalist Painting, George Washington’s CHARGE DES CAVALIERS ARABES/CHARGE OF ARAB RIDERS , with footnotes, #104
George Washington, born 15 September 1827 in Marseille and died November 19, 1901 in Douarnenez, was a French Orientalist painter. Like most aspiring artists, the young Georges Washington moved to Paris, where he trained at the Ecole des Beaux Arts under François-Edouard Picot (1786-1868). The artist’s exotic style was also indebted to Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863). Washington’s…
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Wishing all a happy Eid al-Fitr foe 2023!
06 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the Koran, by Lubin Baugin Pithiviers, Francesco Peluso, Ludwig Deutsch, Grigori Grigorevich Gagarin, Fabio Fabbi and Vittorio Amadeo, with Footnotes – #175 Eid-al-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan, the holy month of fasting, and the first day of the Islamic month of Shawwal. The date is determined annually…
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86 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – 58 Old Master Artists Portray The Life of Abraham, with footnotes, #10
Terah (Azar, in Arabic) the tenth in descent from Noah (Nuh), begat three sons, according to the Bible’s internal chronology, Abraham was born in the year 1948 from Creation (1813 BCE), Abram (Ibrahim ibn Azar), Nahor, and Haran. Haran begat Lot (who was thus Abram’s nephew), and died in his native city, Ur of the…
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05 Works , Interpretation of the Bible! Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen! – with footnotes #203
Happy Pascha (Eastern Church Easter) The resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is the center of the Orthodox Christian faith. Twelve weeks of preparation precede it. This is made up of pre-lenten Sundays, Great Lent, and Holy Week. The faithful try to make this long journey with repentance, forgiveness, reconciliation, prayer, fasting, almsgiving, and…
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01 work, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, Edwin Long’s The Assyrian Captive, with Footnotes. #178
The Assyrian captivity (or the Assyrian exile) is the period in the history of ancient Israel and Judah during which several thousand Israelites from the Kingdom of Israel were forcibly relocated by the Neo-Assyrian Empire. This is one of the many instances of the resettlement policy of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. The Kingdom of Israel was conquered…
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01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the bible, Italian School’s Adoration of the Shepherds, with Footnotes – #176
The Adoration of the Shepherds, in the Nativity of Jesus in art, is a scene in which shepherds are near witnesses to the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, arriving soon after the actual birth. It is often combined in art with the Adoration of the Magi, in which case it is typically just referred to…
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04 Paintings of Irish mythology, Morrígan, with footnotes
Morrígan (also known as the Morrigu) is a figure from Irish mythology who appears to have been considered a goddess of battle, strife, and sovereignty. She sometimes appears in the form of a crow, flying above the warriors, and in the Ulster Cycle she also takes the forms of an eel, a wolf and a…
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01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the bible, Lubin Baugin Pithiviers’ Saint Helena, with Footnotes – 175
Helena, or Saint Helena (246/248 – c. 330), was an Empress of the Roman Empire, and mother of Emperor Constantine the Great. Born outside of the noble classes, a Greek, possibly in the Greek city of Drepana, Bithynia in Asia Minor, she became the consort of the future Roman Emperor Constantius Chlorus and the mother of…
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Happy Easter to all!
01 Painting, RELIGIOUS ART, Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov’s Appearance of Jesus Christ to Maria Magdalena – with footnotes #189 Two of the Gospels maintain that Jesus’ first post-resurrection appearance was to Mary alone, and the accounts include some description of Mary’s bewildered, frightened and joyful reactions as well as the condescending dismissal she initially received when…
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15 Works, RELIGIOUS ART, Madonna and Child Paintings by the Old Masters, with footnotes, #19
Images of the Madonna and Child — a title that typically denotes a visual representation of the Virgin Mary and her infant son, Jesus — are among painting’s most praised motifs. Originally an ancient devotional practice stemming from biblical beliefs, artistically representing these figures has become a central theme in the canon of art history… Please follow link for…
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39 Works by 39 Old Masters Artists Embedded with Helen of Troy, with Footnotes
Throughout his career, Gustave Moreau showed remarkable fidelity to the character of Hélène de Troie by devoting an exceptionally rich ensemble to her. Main rival of Salomé in the heart of the artist, the most beautiful woman of antiquity appeared in his work in 1852, then returned triumphantly in the company of Galatea on the…
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01 Orientalist Painting, Emmanuel de Dieundonné’s Turkish Beauty with a Narguilé, with footnotes, #121
A hookah; shisha, Narguilé, or waterpipe is a single- or multi-stemmed instrument for heating or vaporizing and then smoking either tobacco, flavored tobacco, or sometimes cannabis, hashish, and opium. The smoke is passed through a water basin—often glass-based—before inhalation. More on the Narguilé As a young artist, Emmanuel de Dieudonné devoted himself to academic art, painting in the style of Alexandre Cabanel, under…
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01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the bible, Francesco Furini’s St. Agatha, With Footnotes – #173
This devotional image shows the saint contemplating God while tenderly holding the pincers, the instruments of her sufferings through which she achieved her sanctity. The palm branch is the attribute of martyrs. More on this painting Saint Agatha of Sicily (231 AD – 251 AD) is a Christian saint and virgin martyr. Agatha was born at Catania…
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01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the bible, Francesco Furini’s GENEROSITY OR LIBERALITY, with Footnotes – #172
LIBERALITY; broadness or fullness, as of proportions or physical attributes. One who is generous, bountiful, willing and ready to give and to help. There is measure in all things: Furini choses Horace’s maxim to evoke Generosity or Liberality. Personified as a nude woman, she leans upon the quotation from the Roman poet inscribed on a stone pedestal.…
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02 Orientalist Paintings, Adolf Schreyer’s The Chase, with footnotes, #120
The Chase, depicts a group of Bedouin warriors in full gallop charging through the desert landscape. The rapidity and nervous quality of the brushstroke emphasizes the forward momentum of the riders; the vivid red cloak of the rider in the center identifying him as the leader… Please follow link for full post
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04 Paintings, PORTRAIT OF A LADY, The Islamic Pirate Queen – Sayyida al-Hurra, with Footnotes. #172
Sayyida al Hurra (1485–14 July 1561), was a queen of Tétouan in 1515–1542 and a pirate queen in the early 16th century. She is considered to be “one of the most important female figures of the Islamic West in the modern age”… Please follow link for full post
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