Tag: Religious Art
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Abbott Handerson Thayer, Angel 01 Work, CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 46
An angel is generally a supernatural being found in various religions and mythologies. In Abrahamic religions and Zoroastrianism, angels are often depicted as benevolent celestial beings who act as intermediaries between God or Heaven and Humanity.[1][2] Other roles of angels include protecting and guiding human beings, and carrying out God’s tasks. More on Angels Abbott Handerson Thayer…
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William-Adolphe Bouguereau, The Seated Madonna 01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Paintings from the Bible by the Old Masters, 5j
Art Gallery of South Australia (Adelaide, Australia) The seated Madonna and Child is a style of image that became particularly popular during the 15th century in Florence and was imitated elsewhere. These representations are usually of a small size suitable for a small altar or domestic use. They usually show Mary holding the infant Jesus in…
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Matthias Stom, The Adoration of the Magi 01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the bible, With Footnotes – 171
The Adoration of the Magi (anglicized from the Matthean Vulgate Latin section title: A Magis adoratur) is the name traditionally given to the subject in the Nativity of Jesus in art in which the three Magi, represented as kings, especially in the West, having found Jesus by following a star, lay before him gifts of gold,…
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Francesco da Ponte, Banishment from paradise 01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the bible, With Footnotes – 177
The banishment from paradise, or the fall of man, or the fall, is a term used in Christianity to describe the transition of the first man and woman from a state of innocent obedience to God to a state of guilty disobedience. Although not named in the Bible, the doctrine of the fall comes from a biblical…
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William-Adolphe Bouguereau, The Madonna of the Roses 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Paintings from the Bible by the Old Masters, 5k
In her apparition at Guadeloupe, the Madonna made use of roses as a sign of her presence and even arranged them with her own hands in the tilma of Juan Diego. At La Salette she wore a profusion of roses in three garlands and had tiny roses around the rim of her slippers. She brought…
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William-Adolphe Bouguereau, The Virgin of Consolation 01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Paintings from the Bible by the Old Masters, 5i
William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1825 – 1905 Vierge Consolatrice, The Virgin of Consolation, c. 1875 Oil on canvas 204 x 148 cm, (80¼” x 58¼”) Les Musees de la Ville de Strasbourg (France) Starting in the 2nd century, Catholics venerated Mary as Our Lady of Consolation, one of her earliest titles of honor. The title of “Our…
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William-Adolphe Bouguereau, La Vierge au Lys, The Virgin of the Lilies. 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Paintings from the Bible by the Old Masters, 5h
The Madonna of the Lilies depicts Mary as a seated figure, a pose which has been favoured in religious iconography since the fifteenth century. The child is lovingly supported by his mother while his arms reach out to the viewer. White lilies placed around her throne symbolise chastity and purity. More on Madonna of the Lilies William-Adolphe…
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William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Le Saintes Femmes au Tombeau. 01 Works RELIGIOUS ART – Paintings from the Bible by the Old Masters, 5g
Le Saintes Femmes au Tombeau, 1890, translated to The Holy Women at the Tomb, depicts the three Marys, Mary the Mother of James, Mary Magdalene and Mary of Cleophas, at the tomb of the resurrection. The viewer, compositionally, is placed in a prostrated position and looking up first notices the expressions of bewilderment on the central Mary’s…
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William-Adolphe Bouguereau; he Visitation 01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Paintings from the Bible by the Old Masters, 5e
The Visitation. Mary visits her relative Elizabeth; they are both pregnant. Mary is pregnant with Jesus and Elizabeth is pregnant with John the Baptist. Elizabeth was in the sixth month before Mary came. Mary stayed three months, and most scholars hold she stayed for the birth of John. The apparition of the angel, mentioned in Matthew,…
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William-Adolphe Bouguereau, The Annunciation 01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Paintings from the Bible by the Old Masters, 5d
The Annunciation. The archangel Gabriel was sent by God’ to Mary. Gabriel announced to her that she was to give birth to a son, Jesus, who ‘will be great, and will be called Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his ancestor David, and he will be king over…
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William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Pieta 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Paintings from the Bible by the Old Masters, 5f
The Pietà, 1876, provides a very unique depiction of this most famous of imagery. The weeping Mary cloaked in a robe of black is mourning the death of her son whom she holds to her chest. The dead body of Jesus limply hangs in her arms while eight weeping angels surround them. The angels are clad…
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Domenico Puligo; Saint Mary Magdalene holding an ointment vessel 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the bible, With Footnotes – 127
Mary Magdalene was a Jewish woman who, according to texts included in the New Testament, traveled with Jesus as one of his followers. She is said to have witnessed Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection. Based on texts of the early Christian era in the third century, it seems that her status as an “apostle” rivals even Peter’s.…
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ITALIAN SCHOOL; THE THREE GRACES 01 Paintings, Olympian deities, by the Old Masters, with footnotes #37
In Greek mythology, a Charis or Grace is one of three or more minor goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity, and fertility, together known as the Charites or Graces. The usual list, from youngest to oldest is Aglaea (“Splendor”), Euphrosyne (“Mirth”), and Thalia (“Good Cheer”). In Roman mythology they were known as the Gratiae, the “Graces”.…
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St. Catherine 01 Ivory Carvings, from Bible stories! 17th Century. With Footnote, # 16
Circa 1600s ivory relief carving depicting the beheading of St. Catherine. Broken wheel in the background. Atypical depiction shows a small boy holding the ropes that bind Catherine’s wrists. More on this relief Saint Catherine of Alexandria is, according to tradition, a Christian saint and virgin, who was martyred in the early 4th century at the hands…
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Simon de Vos, The Visitation 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation the bible, With Footnotes – 119
The Visitation. Mary visits her relative Elizabeth; they are both pregnant. Mary is pregnant with Jesus and Elizabeth is pregnant with John the Baptist. Elizabeth was in the sixth month before Mary came. Mary stayed three months, and most scholars hold she stayed for the birth of John. The apparition of the angel, mentioned in Matthew,…
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Gabrielle Bakker, Leda 01 Contemporary Interpretations of Olympian deities, with footnotes #15
Leda, in Greek legend, usually believed to be the daughter of Thestius, king of Aetolia, and wife of Tyndareus, king of Lacedaemon. She was also believed to have been the mother (by Zeus, who had approached and seduced her in the form of a swan) of the other twin, Pollux, and of Helen, both of…
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Adolf Frey-Moock, MAIDEN WITH PAN 01 Painting, Olympian deities, with footnotes #38
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Pan is the god of the wild, shepherds and flocks, nature of mountain wilds, rustic music and impromptus, and companion of the nymphs. He has the hindquarters, legs, and horns of a goat, in the same manner as a faun or satyr. With his homeland in rustic Arcadia, he is also…
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Early Netherlandish School, The Virgin and Child 01 Works RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the bible, With Footnotes – 126
The present Madonna and Child is based on a type developed by Gerard David in the second decade of the sixteenth century, such as in his Madonna and Child at the Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts in Brussels (inv. no. 3559). The composition spread among the artists of Gerard’s immediate circle and was returned to by…
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William-Adolphe Bouguereau, Nymphs and Satyr 01 Painting, Olympian deities, with footnotes #39
According to the Clark Institute, in the painting “a group of nymphs have been surprised, while bathing in a secluded pond, by a lascivious satyr. Some of the nymphs have retreated into the shadows on the right; others, braver than their friends, are trying to dampen the satyr’s ardor by pulling him into the cold…
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Walter Bird; Devil Dance 01 Photograph, CONTEMPORARY & 20th Century Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 33
Devil Dance is a Western description from the early 20th century for the Tibetan Buddhist ritual dances known as ‘cham or Chhaam. Cham are often performed by monks in costume, and it is from these costumes that the description “devil dance” derives. ‘Cham are performed to purge, cleanse, combat evil, and bring good fortune, as well…
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