Thirty years after Charles Seymour proposed that Michelangelo did indeed "see a meaningful connection between himself at that time and the young David" interpretations still range between a narrative illustration of the biblical story of David and Goliath; a political allegory in which David represents...
David Urban is widely regarded as the leading Canadian painter of his generation. Born in Toronto in 1966, he studied poetry and painting at York University, earning a BFA in 1989. Urban received a master’s degree in English literature and creative writing from the University of Windsor in 1...
Jacque-Louis David’s The Oath of the Horatii is an oil on canvas painting that was commissioned by the Administrator of Royal Residences, Louis XVI. It was painted in Rome and exhibited at the Salon of 1785 (BC, 1998). That year, the people who visited Paris Salon were captivated by ...
The ‘hordes at the gate’ motif or ‘David and Goliath’ being repeated over and over. A constitutionally enshrined right to bear arms is a cornerstone of identity for many Americans, and while the opportunity for gun control was embraced in Australia, the context was quite different for ...
David and Goliath 17 Now the Philistines gathered their armies together to battle, and were gathered at Sochoh, which belongs to Judah; they encamped between Sochoh and Azekah, in Ephes Dammim. 2 And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and they encamped in the Valley of ...
12 This is a reminder that, to some extent, Smith was complicit in the construction of all his studio images, participating in their production and at times likely acting out his process for the photographer.13 In this instance, the image of Smith at work was accompanied by a reproduction ...