The Bible In Paintings: ADORATION OF THE MAGI, Part 2

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The Bible In Paintings 2
ENCOURAGEMENT FOR APPRECIATING AND APPLYING GOD'S WORD

ADORATION
OF THE MAGI

M A T T H E W
CHAPTER 2

After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star in the east and have come to worship him.”

The star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stopped over the place where the child was. When they saw the star, they were overjoyed. On coming to the house, they saw the child with his mother Mary, and THEY BOWED DOWN AND WORSHIPED HIM. Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts of gold and of incense and of myrrh. And having been warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their country by another route.

1
PETER PAUL RUBENS
"The Adoration of the Magi"

2
JOOS VAN CLEVE
"The Adoration of the Magi"

3
FRANCESCO CURRADI
"The Adoration of the Magi"

4
BARTOLO DI FREDI
"The Adoration of the Magi"

5
Peruvian School
"The Nativity with the Adoration of
the Magi and Shepherds"

6
Source

7
PIETRO PERUGINO
"Adoration of the Magi"

8
"Adorazione dei Magi"

9
Source

10
FRA ANGELICO
"Adoration of the Magi"

11
MATTHIAS STOM
"Adoration of the Magi"

12
MATTHIAS STOM
"The Adoration of the Magi"

13
QUENTIN MATSYS
"Adoration of the Magi"

14
LORENZO GHIBERTI
"Adorazione dei Magi"

15
ALONSO BERRUGUETE
"Adoracion de los Magos"

16
GERARD DAVID
"The Adoration of the Magi"

18
JAN GOSSAERT
"Adoration of the Magi"

19
JACOPO BELLINI
"Adorazione dei Magi"

20
SANDRO BOTTICELLI
"Adoration of the Magi"

22
JACQUES DARET
"Adoration of the Magi"

23
GIOVANNI DI PAOLO
"Adoration of the Magi"

24
CIGOLI
"The Adoration of the Magi"

25
HUGO VAN DER GOES
"The Adoration of the Magi"

26
BARTOLOMÉ ESTEBAN MURILLO
"Adoration of the Magi"

27
FRA ANGELICO
"Adoration of the Magi"

28
HANS MEMLING
"Adoration of the Magi"

29
ROGIER VAN DER WEYDEN
Source

30
HENRY SIDDONS MOWBRAY
"The Magi"

31
PIETER AERTSEN
"Adoration of the Magi"

32
FRANÇOIS LEMOYNE
"The Adoration of the Magi"

33
JEAN JOUVENET
"Adoration of the Magi"

34
PETER PAUL RUBENS
"Adoration of the Magi"

35
PETER PAUL RUBENS
"The Adoration of the Wise Men"

36
ALESSANDRO TURCHI
"Adorazione dei Magi"

37
ARTEMISIA GENTILESCHI
"Adoration of the Magi"

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38
ANDREA DELLA ROBBIA
"The Adoration of the Magi"

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Good Morning, Dan. :-)

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Warm greetings, Mary-Lou!

[InkStone]

Good Morning Dan, and happy mid-week to each of you.

Great selections:
#11 Stom & #12 Stom; different locations and lighting.
#33 Jouvenet and favorite #38 Della Robbia; what a beauty. Suppose this one is glazed terracotta; such a fragile medium. It’s survival is a miracle.

Always look forward to read the analysis by those who contribute.

Thank You Dan.

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That little boy staring at the camera in both of Stom’s delightful takes? That was me!

[InkStone]

Dan, RE: Della Robbia- did he carve these directly from a clay block? Did he sculpt each figure, and attach them to a clay backing? Fire each figure separately, or together? I suppose another firing for the glaze?

Did he use molds for any parts?

I see that some of his reliefs are done in pieces, like tiles- maybe the largest ones? Couldn’t find the specifics on this topic. Anyone know?

[InkStone]

I see that you’re bearing a crown and a sword...

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I am spectacularly ignorant about all things artistic, Leon, so I cannot help you.

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Gotta act the part!

[SouthernClaire]

Thanks, Dan!

11 and 12 are particularly beautiful.

BUT, gotta give props to PIETER AERTSEN @ #31 for being able to work in a totally naked man holding a camel’s bridle in the background, for no apparent reason, and making him appear perfectly legit in the painting.

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He was told, “You do a good job restraining this camel and then maybe we’ll talk about some underwear for you.”

[InkStone]

LOL

[SouthernClaire]

LOL. Rightio.

“Does the cape on my back make my front look naked?”

[spankalib]

Haha you guys r fun-ay!

That guy looking out at you from #20?
...is thought to be a self-portrait of Botticelli himself!

In #33, if you follow the line of attention (from the upper left), I wonder if the child in the front was Jouvenet's depiction of John the Baptist...

#35, the Rubens is beautiful.

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Can't speak for Jouvenet, but if I painted this scene it most certainly would include John. I mean, you can never have too many Johns!

Separately, I am compiling a compendium of the best biblical works by my favorite artists, including Rubens. Your admiration of his #35 cinches its inclusion.

[Ezekiel]

Nice! As represented here, the tradition is that there were these three wise... men.

While their animal print fashions choices might be considered suspect, there's always this word:

Syzygy

Amazingly, the only English word with three Ys also happens to describe a rare astronomical event involving three heavenly bodies.

A syzygy is the alignment of three celestial bodies in a straight line, commonly the Earth, the sun, and the Moon.

Now, what is the only common English word to end in -mt?

Next

Dreamt

A poet would appreciate how this past tense of dream possesses such a special quality—the only verb in regular English to end with -mt.

We hear from people constantly who swear there must be another, yet no one has ever actually offered a second example. Perhaps, it exists in a dream.

https://www.dictionary.com/e/s/unique_words/#syzygy

Don't go away empty:

Exodus 3:21 And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty:

Matthew 2

12 And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.
13 And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.

As mentioned here on occasion, of all the letters in EGYPT, one does not fit in. It simply does not rhyme with all of the others:

E G Y P T

GO EMPTY <---> EGYPT MO

The weird thing is, the word Egypt comes from this hieroglyphic word.

The glyph (upraised hands) in the middle includes a vertical line because it denotes a word; in this case "Ka", life force. As such, it looks like a Y.

It stands to reason that by removing the "Y" out of Egypt nobody asks why. Egypt is dead just on general principle without that certain life force inside. The life force departing from Egypt kills Egypt.

It's like that. Those wise men truly inspire!

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Syzygy

That's easy for you to say!

And while you question the magi haberdashery, I notice you provide no selfies.

But the main curiosity is whether there is Syzygy in Zzyzx:

[etabeta]

Great page with very beautiful paintings. Of interest to me, the Byzantine mosaic in Ravenna, #6, completed in AD 565. Each tiny bright and colorful piece has retained its original splendor.

I also love the serenity in the remarkable Perugino , #7. Other favorites, #8, the very expressive 13th c. marble relief from the pulpit of a church in Pistoia by the sculptor Guido Bigarelli; #11-12 by Stom; #14 by Ghiberti and #38 the early 16th c. enameled terracotta by della Robbia. It is from an altar piece in Florence.

In # 20, Botticelli put himself in the picture, the figure on the right.

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In # 20, Botticelli put himself in the picture, the figure on the right.

While viewing various sporting events, sometimes the referees or umpires suspend the action in order to worry over some ruling. As time drags on and on, often I exclaim to them, "No one tuned in to look at you guys." Likewise, here.