The Entombment is a glue-size painting on linen[2] attributed to the Early Netherlandish painter Dieric Bouts. It shows a scene from the biblical entombment of Christ, and was probably completed between 1440 and 1455[3] as a wing panel for a large hinged polyptych altarpiece. The now-lost altarpiece is thought to have contained a central crucifixion scene flanked by four wing panel works half its height – two on either side – depicting scenes from the life of Christ. The smaller panels would have been paired in a format similar to Bouts' 1464–67 Altar of the Holy Sacrament. The larger work was probably commissioned for export to Italy, possibly to a Venetian patron whose identity is lost.
-Seems to follow Raphael’s typical subject matter of the beautiful world of nature. CHARACTERS -Three characters in this piece are the Virgin Mary, Baby Jesus and St. John -St. John is depicted presenting Jesus with a crucifix shaped stick foreshadowing the death of Jesus years after. -He also gazes up toward Jesus instead of standing to his height in respect for his holiness -Although this hierarchy is only subtle because Mary’s arm reaches out to St. John to include him in the composition. -The Virgin Mary stares longingly at the crucifix shape with a concentrated expression as if in thought, her position is also rather dramatic. -Mary is once again wearing her traditional clothing of a red under garment and blue over cloak and skirt.
Country life r. “by the stream and o’er the mead” s. Literary setting for us as readers v. Conclusion “The Lamb” is a Christian poem written by William Blake that utilizes a lamb to symbolize and explain how God created everything in the universe. A child, who is asking a lamb where he came from, speaks this poem. However, the child already knows the answer. The purpose of “The Lamb” is to show God’s love for mankind. William Blake, an English poet, wrote “The Lamb” in 1789.
Supper at Emmaus, also known as the Pilgrimage of our Lord to Emmaus, is oil on a plain-weave linen canvas, fifty six inches by seventy seven inches, and was painted by Caravaggio in 1601. Being only thirty years old when he executed this work, his style of painting is recognized for its realism, emphasis on parallel space, and dramatic chiaroscuro. He also was known for half-length figures and still life as seen in Supper at Emmaus, which depicts the episode recorded in Luke 24 where the disciples are meeting the resurrected Christ. The painting centers on Jesus, who is wearing a red and white garment (The red means blood and the white means purity) and long hair. A table is set before him with three other persons around it.
This painting represents something sacred and the power of divinity. The story of Jesus is told through Giotto’s painting and was meant to teach people of the bible. As you look at the painting there is a light that seems to consume this painting and bring the paint to life. The second painting is by the artist Masaccio called the Holy Trinity and is the first major painter of the Italian renaissance era about one hundred
Pierina Venturo ARH2051 – Journal assignment 2 Jan van Eyck’s Arnolfini Portrait (1434) Giovanni Arnolfini and His Wife (1434) by Jan van Eyck is a small oil painting on oak panel of two people holding hands and standing side by side. At the back there is a mirror showing the painters and the two people’s reflections. Its detailed illuminated background and combined medieval symbolism and modern realism, make this piece interesting. There are diverse methods to interpret an artwork. In this case, Jan Van Eyck’s Arnolfini Portrait by Erwin Panofski, used an iconographic analysis and The Painter’s Workshop by W.G.
William Faulkner develops the plot of The Sound and the Fury as resurrection and renewal through allusions of the life of the Compson family. The entire story can relate to Christ and Easter Weekend. William Faulkner’s placement of the climax in the novel, Benjy’s similarities to Christ, and Dilsey’s representation of hope for the Compson family are all examples of this theme. The climax in The Sound and the Fury is strongly connected to Easter Weekend because it is of Miss Quentin’s theft of Jason’s money and her running away to get married to the man with the red tie. This is in relation to Christ’s crucifixion on Good Friday and his resurrection on Easter Sunday.
earlymusicla.org laweekly Introduction to Baroque Art and Music (pages 94-102) - It originates first in Rome, as a way to glorify the Counter-Reformation Catholic Church, and then spread beyond Italy to Spain, France, Germany, Austria, the Low Countries and England in the early seventeenth Century. -The artists who created Baroque art worked mainly for the pope and important monarchs throughout Europe. -Baroque is the term used to describe the arts generally during the period 1600-1750. Definition: Taken from the Portuguese word barroco, refering to a pearl of irregular shape then used in jewelry and fine decorations. - Baroque had a negative connotation: It signified distortion, excess, and extravagance... except when we get to Vivaldi and Bach.
Another famous painter of this time was Leonardo da Vinci. Leonardo was born in 1452 and died in 1519. Leonardo is most for his painting the Mona Lisa which was painted in 1503. The Last Supper was also painted by Leonardo da Vinci in 1498. In the Italian Renaissance people also tried to understand science.
William Blake’s poems “The Lamb” and “The Tyger” exemplify the idea of romanticism in Europe through two of this time period’s most defining characteristics, individualism and experience. The first poem “The Lamb” comes from Blake’s larger work Songs of Innocence and focuses on the concepts of innocence and individualism much like a newborn child. Children’s thoughts are not clouded by dismay or previous experience. They merely develop their own, usually simplified, views on life. In “Little Lamb,” Blake tries to express the importance of knowing one’s creator.