Tag: Religious Art
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Borys Fiodorowicz, Madonna of Saint-Laurent 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 30
Yves Saint Laurent, in full Yves-Henri-Donat-Mathieu Saint Laurent, (born August 1, 1936, Oran, Algeria—died June 1, 2008, Paris, France), French fashion designer. In 1962 Saint Laurent opened his own fashion house and quickly emerged as one of the most influential designers in Paris. He popularized trousers for women. Metallic and transparent fabrics were prominent in his…
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School of the Lower Rhine, THE BETRAYAL OF CHRIST 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the bible, with Footnotes – 152
The kiss of Judas, also known as the Betrayal of Christ, is how Judas identified Jesus to the multitude with swords and clubs who had come from the chief priests and elders of the people to arrest him, according to the Synoptic Gospels. The kiss is given by Judas in the Garden of Gethsemane after…
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Dino Valls, PASSIO, The Passion 01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 27
I am not sure what Dino Valls intended by calling his painting “PASSIO”, but it reminds me of the Old Masters interpretations of Saints, and the olive branch shown would symbolize the description given the passion of Saint Olivia. I hope that this does not prejudice this beautiful work! Saint Olivia of Palermo (Palermo, 448 – Tunis,…
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John William Waterhouse, Saint Cecilia, c. 1895 01 Works RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the bible, With Footnotes – 154
Saint Cecilia is the patroness of musicians. It is written that as the musicians played at her wedding she “sang in her heart to the Lord”. She is one of seven women, excluding the Blessed Virgin, commemorated by name in the Canon of the Mass. According to the story, despite her vow of virginity, she was…
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EDWARD SHERIFF CURTIS, Aphrodite 01 Contemporary Interpretations of Olympian deities, with footnotes #18
Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation. She is identified with the planet Venus; her Roman equivalent is the goddess Venus. Myrtle, roses, doves, sparrows and swans were sacred to her. Aphrodite was created from the sea foam produced by Uranus’s genitals, which had been severed by Cronus. In Homer’s Iliad, however,…
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Philippe Vignal, A SIRÈNE 01 Contemporary Interpretations of Olympian deities, with footnotes #18
According to Greek myths, sirens were powerful and erotic creatures, and many unsuspecting sailors would fall prey to their seductive beauty. The common belief was that they would devour sailors after their ships would crash into the rocks, as most men couldn’t resist the temptation of their sweet melodies and angelic faces. More on The Fisherman and…
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Jacopo Negretti, The Marriage of the Virgin 01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the bible, With Footnotes – 152
The Marriage of the Virgin is the subject in Christian art depicting the marriage of the Virgin Mary and Saint Joseph. Unlike many other scenes in Life of the Virgin cycles (like the Nativity of Mary and Presentation of Mary), it is not a feast in the church calendar. In art the subject could be covered…
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Andrés Serrano, HEAVEN AND HELL 02 Works, CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 28
“In Heaven and Hell, Andres Serrano challenges the benevolence of the Catholic Church while also taking on the sexualization of violence against women. The work was made in collaboration with political artist Leon Golub, who appears in the photograph wearing the red robes of a Cardinal, subtly smiling as he looks away from the blood-splattered nude…
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Simone Pignoni, Mary Magdalene 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the bible, With Footnotes – 134
Mary Magdalene, literally translated as Mary the Magdalene or Mary of Magdala, is a figure in Christianity who, according to the Bible, traveled with Jesus as one of his followers. She is said to have witnessed Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection. Within the four Gospels she is named more than most of the apostles. Based on…
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Hans Zatzka, Woodland nymphs 01 Paintings, Olympian deities, by the Old Masters, with footnotes #40
A nymph in Greek mythology and in Latin mythology is a minor female nature deity typically associated with a particular location or landform. Different from other goddesses, nymphs are generally regarded as divine spirits who animate nature, and are usually depicted as beautiful, young nubile maidens who love to dance and sing; their amorous freedom…
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Girolamo Viscardi, SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST 01 Carving, 15 & 16th Century Carvings & Sculpture from the Bible!; With Footnotes – 8a
John the Baptist (sometimes called John in the Wilderness; also referred to as the Angel of the Desert) was the subject of at least eight paintings by the Italian Baroque artist Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610). The story of John the Baptist is told in the Gospels. John was the cousin of Jesus, and his calling…
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CARMEN PARRA, Arcángel San Gabriel 01 Works, CONTEMPORARY & 20th Century Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 31
The Last Supper is the final meal that, in the Gospel accounts, Jesus shared with his Apostles in Jerusalem before his crucifixion. The Last Supper provides the scriptural basis for the Eucharist, also known as “Holy Communion” or “The Lord’s Supper”. The four canonical Gospels all state that the Last Supper took place towards the end…
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Luis Royo; Fallen Angel 01 Work, CONTEMPORARY & 20th Century Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 24
In Abrahamic religions, fallen angels are angels who were expelled from heaven. The term “fallen angel” appears neither in the Bible nor in other Abrahamic scriptures, but is used of angels who were cast out of heaven, or angels who sinned. Such angels often tempt humans to sin. More on fallen angels Luis Royo (born 1954) is a…
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Henry Varnum Poor, Mother and Child 01 Work, CONTEMPORARY & 20th Century Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 25
The Madonna and Child or The Virgin and Child is often the name of a work of art which shows the Virgin Mary and the Child Jesus. The word Madonna means “My Lady” in Italian. Artworks of the Christ Child and his mother Mary are part of the Roman Catholic tradition in many parts of the…
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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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Tintoretto, St George 01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation the bible, With Footnotes – 118
Saint George (circa 275/281 – 23 April 303 AD) was a soldier in the Roman army who later became venerated as a Christian martyr. His parents were Christians of Greek background; his father Gerontius was a Roman army official from Cappadocia and his mother Polychronia was from Lydda, Syria Palaestina. Saint George became an officer in…
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Filippo Lippi, The Adoration in the Forest 01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation the bible, With Footnotes – 116
Adoration in the Forest is a painting completed before 1459 by the Carmelite friar, Filippo Lippi, of the Virgin Mary and the newly born Christ Child lying on the ground, in the unusual setting of a steep, dark, wooded wilderness. There are no shepherds, kings, ox, ass – there is no Joseph. “Lippi removes a whole…
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Peter Paul Rubens, Perseus and Andromeda 01 Painting, Olympian deities, by the Old Masters, with footnotes #36
In Greek mythology, Andromeda is the daughter of the Aethiopian king Cepheus and his wife Cassiopeia. When Cassiopeia’s hubris leads her to boast that Andromeda is more beautiful than the Nereids, Poseidon sends a sea monster, Cetus, to ravage Aethiopia as divine punishment. Andromeda is stripped and chained naked to a rock as a sacrifice…
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Nell Dorr: Tasha Tudor and Child 01 Works, CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 23
The Madonna and Child or The Virgin and Child is often the name of a work of art which shows the Virgin Mary and the Child Jesus. The word Madonna means “My Lady” in Italian. Artworks of the Christ Child and his mother Mary are part of the Roman Catholic tradition in many parts of the…
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Sebastiano Ricci, Saint Anthony of Padua Healing a Youth 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation the bible, With Footnotes – 115
Saint Anthony of Padua (Portuguese: Santo António), born Fernando Martins de Bulhões (1195 – 13 June 1231), also known as Anthony of Lisbon, was a Portuguese Catholic priest and friar of the Franciscan Order. He was born and raised by a wealthy family in Lisbon, Portugal, and died in Padua, Italy. Noted by his contemporaries…
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