CHRISTMAS BIBLE-ART, Episode #4 of 33: GABRIEL'S AMAZING NEWS FOR MARY, Part 2

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CHRISTMAS BIBLE-ART EPISODE #4 of 33

GABRIEL'S
AMAZING NEWS
FOR MARY

L U K E
CHAPTER 1

In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.”

Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. But the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God. You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end.”

“How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin?”

The angel answered, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God. Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be barren is in her sixth month. For nothing is impossible with God.”

“I AM THE LORD’S SERVANT,” Mary answered. “MAY IT BE TO ME AS YOU HAVE SAID.” Then the angel left her.

32
EMILE BERNARD
"The Annunciation"

33
TINTORETTO
"The Annunciation"

34
CATHY FRANCE
"Annunciation to Mary"

35
JEAN HEY
"The Annunciation"

36
GUIDO RENI
"The Annunciation"

37
AGOSTINO MASUCCI
"The Annunciation"

38
JAN VAN EYCK
"The Annunciation, Virgin Mary and Archangel Gabriel"

39
ARTHUR HACKER
"The Annunciation"

40
FRA ANGELICO
"The Annunciation"

41
PAOLO VERONESE
"The Annunciation"

42
NICOLAS POUSSIN
"The Annunciation"

43
EUGENE EMMANUEL AMAURY-DUVAL
"The Angelic Salutation"

44
ADRIAEN VAN DE VELDE
"The Annunciation"

45
GERARD DE LAIRESSE
"Annunciation"

46
JUAN CORREA DE VIVAR
"The Annunciation"

47
FRANCISCO DE ZURBARAN
"The Annunciation"

48
SALOMON KONINCK
"The Annunciation"

49
SIMON BENING
"The Annunciation"

50
SIMON VOUET
"The Annunciation"

51
MARIOTTO ALBERTINELLI
"The Annunciation"

52
LUDOVICO CARRACCI
"The Annunciation"

53
LOUIS FINSONIUS
"Annunciation"

54
ALBERT BOUTS
"The Annunciation"

55
BRONZINO
"The Annunciation"

56
CORNELIS VAN POELENBURGH
"The Annunciation"

57
FRANS FRANCKEN II
"The Annunciation"

58
JAN JANSSENS
"The Annunciation"

59
GODFRIED SCHALCKEN
"The Annunciation"

60
JUAN DE FLANDES
"The Annunciation"

61
HAROLD COPPING
"The Annunciation"

62
CLIVE UPTTON
"The Angel with Wonderful News"

63
HANS MEMLING
"Annunciation"

64
MINDY NEWMAN
"Annunciation of the Virgin"

65
JOHN LAUTERMILCH
"Mary and Angel"

66
PETRUS CHRISTUS
"The Annunciation"

67
PIETRO PERUGINO
"Annunciation"

68
FRA FILIPPO LIPPI
"The Annunciation"

69
MICKEY McGRATH
"Annunciation"

70
ANTONIO DE PEREDA
"The Annunciation"

71
BENVENUTO TISI
"The Annunciation"

72
MUNIR ALAWI
"The Visit"

73
DONNA PIERCE-CLARK
"Gabriel's Announcement"

74
LEONARDO DI BERNADINO
"The Annunciation"

→ a n d... f i n a l l y ←

75
ORAZIO GENTILESCHI
"The Annunciation"

76
ARTEMISIA GENTILESCHI
"Annunciation"

To be continued…

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Episode #4 of 33

LINKS TO PREVIOUS EPISODES:
#1—JESUS’ VERY INTERESTING GENEALOGY
#2—GABRIEL'S AMAZING NEWS FOR ZECHARIAH
#3—GABRIEL'S AMAZING NEWS FOR MARY, Part 1

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[Jamestown1630]

These posts are always nice to see.

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Glad you find them enjoyable. Merry Christmas!

[etabeta]

Lots of favorite artists, especially Jan van Eyck who perfected the newly introduced oil painting technique. I am very partial to the Netherlandish artists of the 15th c.
#35 Jean Hey
#38 Jan van Eyck
#44 de Velde

[AnAmericanMother]

Appreciate it - but it's sort of a grab-bag. There is some dreadful work (not necessarily all modern-pop although there's too much of that, some of the Flemish and French work is not good).

And surprised you missed this one - by an excellent and often-overlooked modern American artist - Henry Ossawa Turner.

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Thank you, Alba. We are your students....

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There is some dreadful work

That stems from my editorial decision not to interfere with the Holy Spirit. I could post only those works I deem not to be "dreadful", but that would risk omitting a work that the Spirit might use to bless someone. So unless they really are off-putting, generally they get included.

And surprised you missed this one

This is Part 2 of the Annunciation. Yesterday, several of us fell all over ourselves about that Tanner.

[spankalib]

Van Eyck, at # 38 got the Roy G. Biv going!
...and Memling's #63 is very similar in style to Van Eyck:

Copied from brief (very brief) research:
Hans Memling was one of the most prominent and productive Netherlandish artists of the later fifteenth century. Drawing from a variety of sources including Rogier van der Weyden, Robert Campin, and Jan van Eyck, Memling formed part of the second generation of Northern Renaissance painters (also known as the Flemish Primitives)...

Btw Dan - have your ever looked closely at Van Eyck's "Arnolfini Portait"? Man, that thing has layers upon layers upon layers - Jan was an amazing painter!

I Like Mary's expression in Janssens' #58, and Copping's #61...they seem more realistic (and less idealistic)...

& #76?...Artemisia became a heroine to me from your previous threads. She was "the man"

:))

[crusty old prospector]

I like #61 by Harrold Copping.

[Maudeen]

Joining your thread.

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have your ever looked closely at Van Eyck's "Arnolfini Portait"?

I have, but now of course, thanks to your Christmas-goosing, John, I will revisit it.

& #76?...Artemisia became a heroine to me from your previous threads. She was "the man"

She absolutely was a heroine, even as was Mary. Inasmuch as this thread was all about the Father's message to his daughter Mary, I thought it fitting to finish it with father and daughter, Orazio and Artemisia.

[As a personal aside, John, it was your comment several months ago, to the effect that you miss my old threads, which the Holy Spirit used to spark in me a renewed desire to begin posting them again, even if on a limited seasonal basis. I was burned out after 1,000 posts, and I've had health issues, but for now at least He wants these. Thanks!]

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I like it, too: it’s dramatic, up-close-and-personal.

[crusty old prospector]

And she ain’t sitting in some sort of palace.

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Thank you, Pat. There’s ALWAYS room for you in this inn.

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I get the feeling of a photograph from Copping’s, as though we’re viewing the actual event.

[crusty old prospector]

I am not much of an art aficionado but I have always appreciated works that look realistic. None of this “modern” stuff with strange colors and shapes.

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To each his own. I try to include an array of styles and genres to offer a wide assortment, so that everyone can find their favorite.

[ASOC]

My **thanks** for the fine art!

May you have a blessed Holiday Season.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Glad you enjoyed it. We’re here every day.

Merry Christmas!

Dan