which adorn the cells and corridors inhabited by the friars, represent episodes from the life of Jesus, many of them being scenes of the Crucifixion. They are starkly simple, restrained in colour and intense in mood as the artist sought to make spiritual revelations a visual reality.[2][11...
Other Renaissance artists who used the Divine Proportion were Michelangelo in his painting of “The Creation of Adam” on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, Raphael in the ‘School of Athens’ and Botticelli in the ‘Birth of Jesus’. Coincidentally the canvas of ‘the Birth of Jesus’ was ...
(published 1892; drawings, Paris, Pompidou; exhibited Sociot Nationale des Beaux-Arts, also in 1892), Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal (1900), Maeterlinck's Pellias et Melisande, Catulle Mendes's L'Evangile de l'enfance de notre Seigneur Jesus-Christ selon Saint Pierre (1900) and Albert Sa...
(in the Prado) shows the same kind of Italian influences seen in his father’s work, but it adds a distinctive Netherlandish twist. The picture shows Jesus and his disciples gathered for a last meal together, when Jesus offers his companions bread and wine as symbols of his body and ...
Not being an artist born of whole cloth but rather having had to find my way through years of experimentation and self-teaching, there have been periods of profound grace during which the work might propel itself into new territory or rediscover a familiar path with new eyes. My best paintin...
Herod, the Adoration of the Magi, Joseph's Dream, the Dream of the Magi, the Flight into Egypt, the Massacre of the Innocents, and either the Presentation in the Temple or the Child Jesus confronting the Doctors of the Law. On the middle register, there is a series of hagiographic ...
During medieval times, it was very common to paint the walls and ceilings of churches with religious themes. For instance, a complete set of medieval paintings is found on the three walls of the chancel of St. Mary. This was painted around 1320 AD and depicts the entire life of Jesus Chr...
thefine artterm "chiaroscuro" (from the Italian for "light-dark"; or the French "clair-obscur") describes the prominent contrast of light and shade in a painting, drawing or print, and the skill demonstrated by the artist in the management of shadows to create the illusion of three-dimensi...
Jesus answered,“Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit. What I learned from John 3:5: I thought, “What does it take for the Spirit to move in the hearts of men? in my family? in my friends? I remember before...
Jesus said, “As you sow, so shall you reap.” You plant a seed, it grows. What you plant will manifest in your life. If you sow seeds of kindness, generosity and compassion, you will receive the same. If you sow anger, greed and discontent, you will receive that in your life. ...