Posted on 12/18/2022 6:14:41 AM PST by Hebrews 11:6
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Good Morning Dan. :-)
Thanks for posting. Beautiful art!
Hi Mary-Lou! Thanks for stopping by.
So glad you liked it. I did, too.
Remarkable paintings. Pompeo Batoni at #1, beautiful deep concentration on the face of Matthew while he is listening to the angel.
#3 and #20 by Kurt Wenner. He is an internationally known artist famous for his 3-D street paintings.
The wonderful Caravaggio at #8. This is the middle paintings located in San Luigi dei Francesi Church in Roma. It is flanked by the Call of St. Matthew on one side and the Saint’s martyrdom on the other side. It has always been in this Church since the beginning of the 17th c.
# 14 by Valentin de Boulogne, St. Mark is shown with his symbol, the lion.
#15, a powerful statue of St. Mark on the winged lion by Deloye. The Lion of Saint Mark is also the symbol of the city of Venice. Venetian tradition states that when St. Mark was traveling through Europe, he arrived at a lagoon in Venice, where an angel appeared to him and said “May Peace be with you, Mark, my evangelist. Here your body will rest.” The remains of St. Mark are interred in the Basilica of St. Mark in Venice.
Good Morning Dan, and hello to all!
So many fine paintings:
#4 Dolci
#13 Morris
#19 Wenner (unusual as it depicts Dr Luke painting)
#21 Pordenone (Dr Luke tutors the ox)
Love all the styles and symbols; learn so much here everyday.
Greatly Appreciate All Those Who Teach and Comment. Thank you Dan!
It is long overdue, but I hasten now to acknowledge your contributions to these threads officially. Accordingly, then:
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This has been a bit of a hiatus from illustrating actual scriptural passages, but it’s back to the ol’ grindstone on Tuesday.
“The wonderful Caravaggio at #8... It has always been in this Church since the beginning of the 17th c.”
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Such helpful information etabeta, thank you. It’s miraculous that such art has survived so long, considering plundering, fires and war.
Amen Dan. etabeta is our Official Docent, as she leads us on a ‘walking art tour’ thru the city.
Ahahah...you are funny Dan! I am no expert but I will always share the little I know. Thank you anyway. Our thanks are to you for the best thread on FR, together with Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem.
We're counting on it!
Thanks for the Hat Tip, Etabeta! :-)
Now when you visit the gallery, you will have a Tour Guide.
You do a wonderful job bringing before viewers artists they may have never encountered before. In my case it is Artus Wolffort. A search indicates, “his works were not well known until the late 1970s and some of his paintings were even classified as early works by Rubens.”
I was musing recently how very artists I have stumbled upon: must be approaching 1,000. Many of them allowed the Holy Spirit to work through them.
Every time I see a Caravaggio, I am stunned by the light he creates.
Caravaggio treatment of light and shade was innovative for the time and his dramatic sense of staging influenced the course of western art. He was a true genius.
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