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time in Venice and Rome. In the picture Christ, has called out from the cross to God, and a bystander has “fetched a sponge, which he soaked in sour wine, and held it to his lips on the end of a cane.” Saint John stands below the cross as the Virgin Mary and two companions arrive, mourning, while three soldiers at left gamble for Christ's tunic. The figure on the ladder is a particularly brilliant narrative interpolation. Christ is shown crucified between two thieves on the hill of Golgotha,…

Lagraulus, the scene of the Pieta depicts a draped Virgin Mary with the dead body of Christ resting in her arms after the crucifixion, death, and removal from the cross. This was one of the key events in Mary’s life, known as the Seven Sorrows of Mary, which were the subject of Catholic devotional prayers. Michelangelo’s Pieta differed largely from other portrayals of this scene, having created the facial expressions and bodily form of Mary and Jesus in order for the focus of the sculpture to…

mother was a young unwed woman. The only background that Luke tells us about Mary was that she was a virgin(v27). Joseph and Mary were engaged to be married (v27). They were poor and as is common in many third world settings, there assent into a higher social status would be difficult, if not impossible. As a result, the access to the privilege shared by Zechariah and Elizabeth would be a distant dream to Joseph and Mary. Discerning the voice of God: Luke points out that both couples received…

This metaphorical similarity between Saint Nicholas and the Virgin Mary casts Christians as being realistic, moral, guiltless and acquitted from any wrongdoing. They are known as being mainly innocent, with little to no knowledge on being able to sin against God and his word. Christians in The Prioress’s Tale sustain a categorical, spiritual following for the Virgin Mary. They all worship her: And is this song maked in reverence Of Cristes mooder?” seyde this innocent. Now, certes, I wol do…

The painting I will review is titled, The adoration of the Shepherds, by Pedro Orrente. Using the newly gained knowledge I have gained in my early days of art appreciation, and supplemented by couple of notes, I will try to see beyond the two dimensional aspects of this artwork. By way of formal analysis, I will begin this review by breaking down the composition of this work. In the painting, a group of people, made up of one women and three men, are huddled around a small baby who is…

A Product of its Time. Barna da Siena’s Madonna and Child is hardly a unique image in its essence. Painted in in mid-1300s, it bears a striking resemblance to Cimabue’s many paintings themed around the Virgin Mary, such as the Madonna di Castelfiorentino created nearly 70 years earlier as well as Virgin and Child Enthroned. His manner of painting is very similar to that of another Sienese painter Simone Martini in style and method, following along after the foundation of the ‘International’…

Saint Catherine Laboure was a Marian visionary, meaning she was witness to a supernatural appearance of the Blessed Virgin Mary. But St. Catherine was visited by the Blessed Virgin Mary not just once, but twice, and through instructions given to her by Mary, she made the request to create the Miraculous Medal of Our Lady of Graces. Saint Catherine was humble, obedient, and she was very kind to everybody. In a small French town in the region of Burgundy, a young couple, Pierre Labouré, a farmer…

This magnificent piece, The Procession to Calvary, is a 16th century Flemish tapestry depicting the gospel of Jesus Christ carrying the cross to the hill of Calvary to be crucified. The story leading up to Jesus’s public execution in this biblical scene is portrayed through the art of weaving. Creating a tapestry like this one is done by weaving weft of different materials through a wool warp. Tapestries are generally very large, big enough to cover a wall, and this tapestry is no different…

Many truly don’t know the complete meaningful definition of the word passion. Passion in the dictionary is a very vague and simple definition. The definition defines passion as a strong emotion. There are many strong emotions out there in the world that the word passion can be confused, or can be used in the wrong context. It seems like people have taking away the true meaning of passion. People have overlooked the word and substituted the definition with a definition that will never truly…

stones of this time period. Michelangelo used sculpting as he choice of work to replicate The Virgin Mary and Jesus. The Pieta is an Italian Renaissance styled sculpture. The Pieta contains much detail as well as different textures. Michelangelo makes it easy for the viewer to distinguish personification in his artwork. He makes Mary unnaturally larger than her son of 33 years. Michelangelo makes Mary the focal point by using a triangular shape. Bernini made The St. Peter’s Piazza an oval shape…