1st SAMUEL
ISRAEL DEMANDS A KING, GETS SAUL
SAUL REJECTS JONATHAN, GOD REJECTS SAUL
DAVID THE SHEPHERD
SAMUEL ANOINTS DAVID
SAUL HIRES A HARPIST
G O L I A T H
DAVID AND GOLIATH
DAVID OR GOLIATH
DAVID'S BIG, FAT HEAD
Posted on 05/14/2022 6:01:05 AM PDT by Hebrews 11:6
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Yes, indeedy. Thanks.
You find the best illustrations! I love the silver plate at #15. Here is an explanation on it: “This beautiful and exceptionally important plate (diameter 49.4 cm) is the largest of a set of nine showing scenes from the life of the Old Testament king David. Six belong to the Metropolitan Museum while three are in the Cyprus Museum in Nicosia. The group was discovered in 1902 in Karavás (northern Cyprus) sealed with a hoard of jewelry and gold, much of which is also now in the Metropolitan’s collection. Originally the smaller plates were arranged around the largest, the one shown here depicting David’s combat with Goliath. On the backs of all the plates are the control stamps of the emperor Heraclius, who may have commissioned them to celebrate his victory over the Persians in 628–29, which resulted in the recapture of Jerusalem. During the war, it is said that Heraclius fought the Persian general Razatis in single-handed combat, an event that is perhaps evoked in the depiction of David’s defeat of Goliath. Imperial imagery is present also on other plates, where ceremonial scenes from the biblical king’s life are set before the arcade of a palace. Their style is a conscious reference to classical art. The plates may have been ordered for display in the banquet hall of a member of the Byzantine aristocracy”.
https://www.thebyzantinelegacy.com/david-goliath
Good Morning, Dan! :-)
And now we know, Professor Alba!
Mary-Lou! Top o’ the mornin’ to ya! ‘Tis grand, is it not? How glooooorious!
Good morning to all =:^)
These are terrific Dan; thank you for posting these. I love the way you arrange the different themes of the Word, to the corresponding paintings.
Leon, I start with the text, then I find the art, and then I sort the art and drop it into the appropriate places in the text. And that is how the sausage is made.
Great prints,
Thanks!
“Dismayed and Terrified”,,,
.
Alot of That going around
right now and it’s readily
Apparent Our Goliath has
‘No Clothes!’
.
Fear Not, look to the Hills
Whence comes Your Salvation!
The battle is the Lord’s. Amen!
Gets serious tomorrow....
That Plate Is Exquisite!
Thanks for the back story.
I have really come to look forward to these posts. Thank you for putting all of this together.
You are so welcome. God has a multitude of blessings just for you, and this is one of the least.
Serpents Tounge,
Dragons Heart.
..
For Later.
You are very welcome. When I like something, off I go to find more information.
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