Tag: Year B

B Lent 4, Art for Readings for March 18, 2012

MICHELANGELO Buonarroti
(b. 1475, Caprese, d. 1564, Roma)
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The Brazen Serpent
1511
Fresco, 585 x 985 cm
Cappella Sistina, Vatican
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This imagery, serpent & pole, seems widespread in a variety of cultures. Click for myriad images relating to the brazen serpent.


Click for wikipedia article on The Nehushtan.


Click for wikipedia article on the Rod of Asclepius.


Click for wikipedia article on the Caduceus.

B Lent 3, Art for Readings for March 11, 2012

REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn
(b. 1606, Leiden, d. 1669, Amsterdam)
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Christ Driving the Money-Changers from the Temple
c. 1626
Oil on panel, 43 x 33 cm
Pushkin Museum, Moscow
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 Contemporary analysis sees Jesus’ action as an attack on Temple political practice itself, not money-changing per se. Money-changing was necessitated by the required ritual sacrifice by pilgrims.

In Christian art whips, flying coins, overturned tables and fleeing Jews make for exciting images and reinforce prejudicial Jewish stereotypes.

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B Lent 1, Art for Readings for February 26, 2012

BRAMER, Leonaert
(b. 1596, Delft, d. 1674, Delft)
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The Temptation of Christ
1645-55
Brush and gray ink, 94 x 109 mm
Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt
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B Epiphany Last, Art for Readings for February 19, 2012

GRÜNEWALD, Matthias
(b. 1470/80, Würzburg, d. 1528, Halle)
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An Apostle from the Transfiguration
c. 1511
Black chalk on brownish paper, heightened with white, 148 x 263 mm
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden
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An Apostle from the Transfiguration
c. 1511
Black chalk on brownish paper, heightened with white, 146 x 208 mm
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden
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I cannot find any finished work on The Transfiguration by Grünewald and assume these are preliminary studies for a planned work. Interesting that the artist would begin with the Apostles’ witness.
 

B Epiphany 6, Art for Readings for February 12, 2012

REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn
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Artwork: Christ healing a leper
Artist: REMBRANDT Harmenszoon van Rijn
Date: C. 1655
Technique: Drawing
Location: Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin
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B Epiphany 5, Art for Readings for February 5, 2012

BOSCH, Hieronymus
(b. ca. 1450, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, d. 1516, ‘s-Hertogenbosch)
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Mankind Beset by Devils (reverse of Noah panel)
1500-04
Oil on panel, diameter 32,4 cm (each)
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
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Mankind Beset by Devils (reverse of Rebel Angels panel)
1500-04
Oil on panel, diameter 32,4 cm (each)
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
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B Epiphany 4, Art for Readings for January 29, 2012

GIOTTO di Bondone
(b. 1267, Vespignano, d. 1337, Firenze)
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Legend of St Francis: 10. Exorcism of the Demons at Arezzo
1297-99
Fresco, 270 x 230 cm
Upper Church, San Francesco, Assisi
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B Epiphany 3, Art for Readings for January 22, 2012

GIOTTO di Bondone
(b. 1267, Vespignano, d. 1337, Firenze)
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Jonah Swallowed up by the Whale (on the decorative band)
1304-06
Fresco
Cappella Scrovegni (Arena Chapel), Padua
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Humorous detail from the Cappella Scrovegni (Arena Chapel), Padua
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B Epiphany 2, Art for Readings for January 15, 2012

El GRECO
(b. 1541, Candia, d. 1614, Toledo)
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Apostle St Philip
1610-14
Oil on canvas, 97 x 77 cm
Museo de El Greco, Toledo

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Click to explore El Greco’s Apostolados: the Series of Christ and the Apostles.

B Epiphany 1, Art for Readings for January 8, 2012

MORONI, Giovanni Battista
(b. 1525, Albino, d. 1578, Bergamo)
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The Baptism of Christ with a Donor
1550s
Oil on canvas, 104 x 113 cm
Private collection

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