Angels And Mourning Figures: Artwork Analysis

Imagine seeing the crucifiction of Christ. Seeing that happen would change everyone’s view of the world. Christ’s crucifiction affected many people, including His mother, Mary. Juan de Juanes, the artist, painted this scene realistically. This painting was made with oil paints on panel with long flowing strokes, which seemed to make it come to life. Juan de Juanes depicts many aspects in this painting such as historical significance, colors, and subject matter.

The ominous figure in the centre of the foreground - Jesus Christ hanging lifeless on the cross, in Luca di Tommè’s ‘The Crucifixion’, primarily catches the eye. The symmetrical arrangement of lamenting figures around the cross, as well as the gilded background, highlight him as the focal point of this artwork.

On September 19, 2015 I visited the Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas in Austin, where I observed The Raising of Lazarus by Joachim Wtewael in the European Old Masters gallery. The piece recreates the biblical narrative of Lazarus’ resurrection and demonstrates the exorbitant style of Mannerism popular during the 16th century. Wtewael establishes the significance of the Christ with his application of form through the use of unrealistic contortions of the people, the lines following the exaggerated limbs of the congregation, and the abundant use of the color red on almost every article of clothing.

In The Killer Angels, Michael Shaara fictionally illustrates the historical facts of the battle at Gettysburg. Shaara gives action and words to characters of another time, and then places these players on the stage of this great battle. Through the use of powerful biblical and non-biblical imagery and themes the epic nature of the battle at Gettysburg and its characters are enhanced. Such imagery and themes, combined with Shaara's fictionalization, help to contribute to why this single battle holds such monumental significance and influence upon the lives of Americans over a century removed from its occurrence.

Museums add new context for artworks, since historical items were not made to be in modern museums. A Pair of Sensing Angels by Circle of Bernaert Orley are two ‘one by three foot’ oil painting on wood from 1535-1540 that depicts two angels. When looking at “A Pair of Censing Angels” we can infer the subject, the value the painting held, and how the meaning alters in its present setting. This visual analysis will describe the artwork, analyze the formal elements used, and how the formal elements of the work and display affects the viewer.

Upon walking into Gallery 250 of Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, one will find on the wall a particularly eye-catching piece of art. The piece, set high on the corner of the wall encompassed by pictures depicting scenes from the life of Jesus Christ, is Giulio Cesare Procaccini's The Scourging of Christ. In this piece, Procaccini's masterful use of light and shadows in a technique called chiaroscuro dramatically portray the torturing of Christ, and it is this very application of chiaroscuro that immediately caught my eye. Through his masterful rendition of value, Procaccini successfully evoked within me a crushing sensation of agony. While I did not initially realize that the piece was one of Christ, research enabled me to witness how

In the United States there are many different motorcycle clubs; The Hell’s Angels, Pagans, Mongols, Outlaws, and Bandidos are some of the motorcycle clubs that ride the roads of America. One of the more notable ones are the Pagans who are known for not just riding their bikes but for their rivalry with the Hells Angels. Lou Dobkin, the creator, made the club in 1959. Since then the club has risen to fame and then dropped in membership numbers, coincidentally when membership for the Hells Angels have risen. The club has an estimated membercy of three hundred to four hundred people, across thirteen states, in their chapters. One of the more notable things about the Pagans is their rivalry with

For My Museum Essay, I have chosen Rogier van der Weyden’s “St. Luke drawing the Virgin” (c. 1435-40). First of all, this painting is an extraordinarily beautiful piece of art, with both meticulous details and true to life emotional state of the figures portrayed. And it intrigued me even more when I found out that there is a very compositionally similar painting by Jan Van Eyck (“Madonna with Chancellor Rolin”).

     I also observed many paintings in this gallery. One painting that caught my eye was titled, “The Mocking of Christ” by Hieronymus Bosch. It was an early 16th century, oil on wood painting. Christ was seen in the upper right next to Pilate and was surrounded by figured who looked more like friends than enemies that would crucify him. These so called friends of Christ were holding weapons and wearing bizarre headgear. In the painting, Jesus had a saddened look on his face while the others looked jollier. Another painting that I observed was a painting by Defendate Ferrari which showed the enthroned Virgin Mary breastfeeding the baby Jesus with Saint John the Evangelist, Catherine of Alexandra, Anthony Abbot, and a saint reading a book. I was attracted to this painting because I would never have thought to have seen a picture of Mary feeding Jesus in that way. This painting was originally an oil and gold on wood and was transferred to canvas. There were so many

For being over eight hundred years, the Christ in Majesty with Symbols of the Four Evangelists remained in remarkable condition. However, pieces of the original piece, which originated in the Catalan chapel in Spain, have faded. Portions, especially along the bottom, have disappeared over time. Even though historians moved it to the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, it has not been fully restored. The artist identified each of the apostles in the Christ in Majesty with Symbols of the Four Evangelists, but the writing has grown fainter and this creates a difficulty for art historians. Another key factor in the overall story represented has faded--one of the lamps or incense holders beneath Christ.

Art is everywhere and in everything that we do. God’s work and His vision is the best artwork that we could ever imagine and all we can do is try to live up to His word. In this paper, I will be writing about the Art and the Bible and talk about what points that I found interesting and what new insights that I have in background of this book. I will also identify three perspectives on art that is believable to me and why I feel this way. How are The Lordship of Christ and The Christian Life as a Work of Art are these related and what view do I have in my own life and what is my own thinking with the arts and what personal growth am I thinking.

After six years of performing under the name Grimes, Claire Boucher is blasting into the stratosphere of mainstream pop; her intergalactic, out-of-this-world beats and drastically softened sound made more palatable for radio on her newest release “Art Angels.” Swapping out her signature dream-pop with thudding, club beats and more confident sounding vocals, Boucher describes the album’s style as ‘genre-less,’ blurring the lines between all styles of pop.

The works of art that will be compared in this paper are Giotto, Lamentation (c1304-5), and Rogier van der Weyden, Deposition (c. 1435). Although the two artists use different media and style, they share the same topic: the story of the lamentation of Christ from the Holy Bible. The story of lamentation of Christ can be summarized as following: due to the betrayal of the Judas, Christ was arrested and crucified. Both drawings illustrate the scene of the deposition of Christ. These drawings demonstrate the naturalism by using emotional effect.

The Coronation Gospel created in the 800 in the Frankish empire is an object looks incredibly impressive when it is seen at the Kumsthistorishches Museum in Vienna. The Gospel’s cover is made up of gold leaf covered with semi-precious stones. If you were do look at it’s interior it has a wide range of golden illumination and text. The Coronation Gospels is beautiful treasure on the surface. But what the gospel represents is more impressive then mere appearances. The Coronation Gospel represents the large scale cultural project that was happening underneath Charlemagne’s rule. This project is often referred to as the Carolingian renaissance. Carolingian renaissance is defined as a cultural movement that sought to be a “rebirth” of roman and ancient cultural styles. This included changes within art, architecture

The Temptation of Saint Anthony Abbot by the Artist: Master of the Osservanza, ca. 1435–40. Located at New Haven, Connecticut Yale University Art Gallery.