Tag: Saint Barbara
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01 Work , RELIGIOUS ART, Pacecco de Rosa’s Saint Barbara – with footnotes #192
Sold for 37,500 USD in January 2011 Saint Barbara, known in the Eastern Orthodox Church as the Great Martyr Barbara, was an early Christian Lebanese and Greek saint and martyr. Accounts place her in the 3rd century in Heliopolis Phoenicia, present-day Baalbek, Lebanon, and recent discovered texts in the Saida early church archives suggest her maternal grandmother…
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28 Carvings, RELIGIOUS ART – 15, 16 & 17th Century Biblical Carvings from Bruges! With Footnotes – #3
Bruges is situated in the northeastern part of the West-Flanders province, not far from the North Sea. A Gallo-Roman settlement dates habitation back 2000 years. In the 9th century the city is mentioned in writing for the first time… Please follow link for full post
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01 Work, Interpretation of the bible, Spanish Colonial’s Saint Barbara, With Footnotes – 191
The castle tower, and the sword that took her head, are the symbols of St. Barbara. Saint Barbara is a former Christian saint and virgin martyr believed to have lived in Asia Minor in the 3rd century. Her story dates to the 7th century and is retold in the Golden Legend. It is as follows: Dioscurus,…
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Sistine Madonna 02 Works, CONTEMPORARY & Old Master Interpretations of the Bible! With Footnotes – 26
“This painting is inspired by covers of magazines. I wanted to mix old and new and used a detail of “Sistine Madonna”, painted by the famous painter Raphael in 1514 (Below). This caracter is named saint Barbara. She’s not the main caracter of the original painting but her face is beautiful and famous. She could have…
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DANUBE SCHOOL, The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine; The Martyrdom of Saint Barbara 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the Bible!, With Footnotes – 97
DANUBE SCHOOL, CIRCA 1520 Two wings from an altarpiece: The Martyrdom of Saint Catherine; The Martyrdom of Saint Barbara Oil on fir panel 58 1/4 by 26 3/8 in.; 148 by 67 cm.; Private Collection The Danube School or Donau School was a circle of painters of the first third of the 16th century in Bavaria…
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