Tag: Religious Art
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02 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – CONTEMPORARY & 20th Century Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 17
JODY CARIOLANO, (American/Texas b. 1951) Pieta Oil and mixed media on canvas, a diptych 59 3/4″ x 48″ Private Collection The Pietà is a subject in Christian art depicting the Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus, most often found in sculpture. As such, it is a particular form of the Lamentation of Christ, a…
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Friday, February 23, 2018 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – CONTEMPORARY & 20th Century Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 19
Kasia Derwinska, Spain Prayer Photography Size: 15.7 H x 15.7 W x 0 in Private collection Kasia Derwinska “Photography is my way of communicating with the world. In my work, I talk about own experiences, thoughts, doubts, fears and hopes trying to reflect my own life’s path. In addition to my experiences, my creations are…
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Bible, Christ, Jesus, Joan Maçip Navarro, Juan de Juanes, mythology, religion, RELIGIOUS ART, THE CRUCIFIXION, Zaidan,
Joan Maçip Navarro, Called Juan De Juanes The Crucifixion. Juan de Juanes was the dominant artistic personality working in Valencia during the mid-sixteenth century and this representation of the Crucifixion was painted in 1578, the year before his death. A late masterpiece by Juanes, the present work is precisely the type of painting that earned…
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01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the Bible! from the SPANISH GOLDEN AGE, With Footnotes – 84
Juan Correa de Vivar (c.1510 – 16 April 1566) Christ On The Road To Calvary This panel was painted by Juan Correa de Vivar during the 1540s, and almost certainly formed part of the artist’s most important commission for the Cistercian Monastery of San Martín de Valdeiglesias, in the diocese of Toledo. It is an outstanding…
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01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the Bible! by the Old Masters, With Footnotes – 93
R PAOLETTI (ITALIAN 19TH CENTURY) AFTER ANDREA DEL SARTO Madonna and Child Oil on canvas 110 x 78cm Private Collection 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…
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01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the Bible! by the Old Masters, With Footnotes – 81
Sienese School, Circa 1570 MADONNA AND CHILD WITH SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST AND SAINT CATHERINE OF SIENA Oil on canvas 29 1/4 by 22 7/8 in.; 74.3 by 58.1 cm. Private collection The Madonna and Child or The Virgin and Child is often the name of a work of art which shows the Virgin Mary and…
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02 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the Bible! from the SPANISH GOLDEN AGE, With Footnotes – 83
Friar Juan Bautista Maíno (1581 – 1 April 1649) The Penitent Magdalene. Mary Magdalene was one of the most frequently depicted saints in Juan Bautista Maíno’s cast of devotional figures, but never in a more sensual image than in this painting. Here the young and beautiful penitent sinner, seen holding a holy text with a…
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01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the Bible! by the Old Masters, With Footnotes – 80
Fernando Gallego, 1440 – 1507 THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST Oil on panel 39 7/8 by 28 1/4 in.; 101.3 by 71.7 cm Private collection The resurrection of Jesus is the Christian religious belief that, after being put to death, Jesus rose again from the dead. It is the central tenet of Christian theology and part of…
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01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the Bible! by the Old Masters, With Footnotes – 81
Luca Giordano, 1634 – 1705 The Adoration Of The Magi This Adoration of the Magi by Luca Giordano is likely to date to 1687–89, when the artist was working in Naples before departing for Spain in 1692. Giordano’s skill in depicting a scene that incorporates such a rich panoply of figures resides in his ability…
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Agnolo Gaddi, Álvaro Pires de Évora, Alvaro Portoghese, Carlo Dolci, Herri met de Bles, NETHERLANDISH SCHOOL, RELIGIOUS ART, Zaidan,
Herri met de Bles, BOUVINES CIRCA 1510 – AFTER 1550 ANTWERP EXTENSIVE COASTAL LANDSCAPE WITH THE CALLING OF SAINT PETER Oil on oak panel 32 x 50 cm.; 12 5/8 x 19 3/4 in Private collection The subject here is taken from the Gospel of Saint John, XXI, 6–10; the figures enacting it are typically set…
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01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the Bible! by the Old Masters, With Footnotes – 77
Giovanni Baglione, ROME CIRCA 1566 – 1643 (?) SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST IN THE WILDERNESS, c. 1610 Oil on canvas 76 3/8 by 59 1/2 in.; 194 by 151 cm. Private collection 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…
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01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the Bible! by the Old Masters, With Footnotes – 76
Denys Calvaert, ANTWERP CIRCA 1540 – 1619 BOLOGNA THE HOLY FAMILY WITH SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST AND AN ANGEL, c. 1579 Oil on canvas 22 7/8 by 16 1/4 in.; 58 by 41 cm. Private collection In this painting, the Holy Family, Saint John the Baptist and an Angel, all adorned with delicate golden halos and…
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02 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – CONTEMPORARY & 20th Century Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 16
Salvador Dalí The Immaculate Conception, 1979 Color lithograph 23 x 16 in Private collection The Immaculate Conception, according to the teaching of the Catholic Church, was the conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the womb of her mother, Saint Anne, free from original sin by virtue of the foreseen merits of her son Jesus Christ.…
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01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the Bible! by the Old Masters, With Footnotes – 75
Alessandro Rosi, FLORENCE 1627 – 1697 CAIN AND ABEL Oil on canvas 26 3/4 by 20 1/2 in.; 68 by 52 cm. Private collection Rosi depicts the moment just after Cain has slain his brother Abel, who lays ashen in the foreground, as God the Father appears in a swirl of clouds above. In Rosi’s striking…
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01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the Bible! by the Old Masters, With Footnotes – 74
Giuseppe Cesari, called Cavaliere d’Arpino, ARPINO OR ROME 1568 – 1640 ROME SAINT JEROME IN THE DESERT, circa 1600 Oil on panel 20 1/2 by 22 7/8 in.; 52 by 58 cm. Private collection Saint Jerome in the desert was executed by Arpino circa 1600, when the artist was at the height of his popularity. Executed on…
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05 Paintings, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretations of the Bible! by The Old Masters, With Footnotes # 69
Claude Vignon, TOURS 1593 – 1670 PARIS JOSEPH INTERPRETING DREAMS IN PRISON Oil on canvas 53 7/8 by 74 in.; 136 by 188 cm. Private collection Claude Vignon (19 May 1593 – 10 May 1670) was a leading French painter and engraver working in the Baroque manner. He was born at Tours and received early training…
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05 Paintings, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretations of the Bible! by The Old Masters, With Footnotes # 68
Bronzino, Agnolo, Florentine, 1503 – 1572 The Holy Family, c. 1527/1528 Oil on panel 101.3 x 78.7 cm (39 7/8 x 31 in.) National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. This early painting by Bronzino shows a young Holy Family being visited by Mary’s cousin Elizabeth and her child, John the Baptist. While Elizabeth gazes longingly…
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04 Paintings, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretations of the Bible! by The Old Masters, With Footnotes # 67
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, (1824–1898) The Beheading of St John the Baptist, circa 1869 Oil on canvas Height: 240 cm (94.5 in). Width: 316 cm (124.4 in). National Gallery John the Baptist (sometimes called John in the Wilderness; also referred to as the Angel of the Desert). The story of John the Baptist is told in…
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05 Paintings, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretations of the Bible! by The Old Masters, With Footnotes # 66
Jacopo Negretti, called Palma il Giovane (Venice circa 1548-1628) The Marriage of the Virgin Oil on canvas 115 x 105cm (45 1/4 x 41 5/16in). Private collection 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…
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04 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Contemporary & 20th Century Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 14
Andy Warhol, 1928 – 1987 Saint Apollonia, c. 1984 serigraph on wove paper 30in. by 22in. Private collection Saint Apollonia was one of a group of virgin martyrs who suffered in Alexandria during a local uprising against the Christians prior to the persecution of Decius. According to legend, her torture included having all of her teeth…
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