Tag: religion
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Victor Pierre Huguet, AT THE WADI 01 Painting by Orientalist Artists, with footnotes, #60
Wadi is the Arabic term referring to a valley, ravine, or channel that is dry except in the rainy season. Victor Pierre Huguet, born Lude the 1 st May 1835 and died in Paris August 16, 1902, was a French, landscape and genre painter.. He was a pupil of Emile Loubon in Marseille and received advice from Fromentin in…
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07 Works, Today, July 18th, is Camillus de Lellis’s day, his story in art #199
Camillus de Lellis was born on May 25, 1550, Kingdom of Naples. His mother, Camilla Compelli de Laureto, was nearly fifty when she gave birth to him. His father was an officer in both the Neapolitan and French royal armies and was seldom home. Due to his mother’s age and retiring nature, she felt unable…
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08 Works, Today, July 15th, is Saint Vladimir Sviatoslavich’s day, his story in art #196
Vladimir Sviatoslavich (c. 958–15 July 1015), called the Great, was Prince of Novgorod, Grand Prince of Kiev, and ruler of Kievan Rus’ from 980 to 1015. Though his grandmother, Queen Olga, had been a Christian, his father Svyatoslav reverted to paganism, and Prince Vladimir spent the early part of his life believing and living the…
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07 Works, Today, July 14th, is St. Kateri Tekakwitha’s day, her story in art #195
St. Kateri Tekakwitha is the first Native American to be recognized as a saint by the Catholic Church. She was born in 1656, in the Mohawk village of Ossernenon. Her mother was an Algonquin, who was captured by the Mohawks and who took a Mohawk chief for her husband. Tekakwitha is the name the girl…
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08 Works, Today, July 12th, is Saint Marciana of Toledo’s day, her story in art #193
Saint Marciana of Toledo (died c. 303) was born in Toledo, Spain to a family of nobility. Nevertheless, she abhorred the worldly benefits of a high social status and she put aside her worldly riches. She decided to travel to Caesarea, Mauretania (modern-day Algeria) and lock herself in a cell within a cave in order…
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09 Works, Today, July 11th, is Saint Olga’s day, her story in art #192
Saint Olga, also called Helga or Saint Olga of Kiev, (born c. 890 — died 969, Kiev), was the first recorded female ruler in Russia and the first member of the ruling family of Kiev to adopt Christianity. She was canonized as the first Russian saint of the Orthodox Church and is the patron saint of widows…
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Eugène Fromentin, WINDSTORM 01 Painting by Orientalist Artists, with footnotes, #59
Esparto, halfah grass, or esparto grass, is a fiber produced from two species of perennial grasses of north Africa and southern Europe. It is used for crafts, such as cords, basketry, and espadrilles. Stipa tenacissima and Lygeum spartum are the species used to produce esparto. More on Esparto Eugène Fromentin (October 24, 1820 – August 27, 1876) was…
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08 Works, Today, July 10th, is Saint Alexander of Bergamo’s day, his story in art #191
Saint Alexander of Bergamo (died c. 303) is the patron saint of Bergamo, as well as Capriate San Gervasio and Cervignano d’Adda. Alexander may simply have been a Roman soldier or resident of Bergamo who was tortured and killed for not renouncing his Christian faith. Details of his life are uncertain, but subsequent Christian stories…
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09 Works, Today, July 9th, is Sir Adrian Fortescue’s day, his story in art #190
Sir Adrian Fortescue (1476–9 July 1539), Knight of St. John, justice of the peace for Oxford, martyr, belonged to the Salden branch of the great Devonshire family of Fortescue, he was a descendant of Richard the Strong, shield bearer of William the Conqueror, who gave to his family his surname — le Fort-Escu: “the Strong Shield” — and his…
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14 Works, Today, July 4th, is the Romanovs’ day, their story in icons #185
The canonization of the Romanovs was the elevation to sainthood of the last Imperial Family of Russia — Tsar Nicholas II, his wife Tsarina Alexandra, and their five children Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia, and Alexei, by the Russian Orthodox Church. The family was killed by the Bolsheviks on 17 July 1918… Please follow link for full post
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