Tag: Religious Art
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03 Paintings, RELIGIOUS ART – SIGNORELLI’s Interpretations of the Resurrection of the Flesh. # 65
SIGNORELLI, Luca, (b. ca. 1450, Cortona, d. 1523, Cortona) Resurrection of the Flesh, 1499-1502 Fresco, width 700 cm Chapel of San Brizio, Duomo, Orvieto “Behold, I tell you a mystery: we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed – in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the…
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02 Paintings, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretations of the Bible! by The Old Masters, With Footnotes # 62
Pellegrino di Mariano, (Siena active circa 1442–1492) Madonna and Child with Saints Tempera on panel, gold ground 61 x 41.8 cm, integral frame Private collection In the present painting, the Madonna and Child are flanked by six figures that seem to form a celestial court round them. The two patron saints of Siena are represented: Saint Catherine and Saint Bernardino,…
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07 Paintings, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretations of the Bible! by The Old Masters, With Footnotes # 61
Central Italian School, 13th Century Madonna and Child with Saint Peter and an Apostle Tempera on canvas, laid down on panel 98 x 67.5 cm Private collection The present panel painting represents the enthroned Virgin Lactans. The Christ Child is shown holding a scroll in his left hand. Behind them, on a much smaller scale…
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10 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Contemporary & 20th Century Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 12
Bettina Rheims The new Eve II, May 1997 Ville-Evrard. From the exhibition I.N.R.I. Men and women committed to embody the figures of Christ and the Virgin, the saints, apostles and many other characters told in the Gospel parables. Almost a visual cacophony, at first glance, and yet those perfect bodies, whose icy beauty reproduced in…