37 Carvings – Carvings & Sculpture from the Bible! 15 & 16th Century. With Footnotes -# 6

Jacopo Torni , called Florentino ( Florence , 1476 – Villena , 1526 )
The Entombment of Christ ( 1521-1526)
The main altar of the Monastery of St. Jerome.

The frieze composition is based on an iconographic scheme dating back to at least the thirteenth century. Displaying a solid classical culture, the sculptor locks the figures in a closed and compact composition. Reducing the number of mourners is crucial in the final outcome of the composition. Limiting the number of actors is, moreover, strictly Orthodox; to distance himself from the Apocrypha and other non — canonical texts, common sources of inspiration for this sculpture theme. The pair of women who accompanied Joseph of Arimathea derived from the Gospel story of Matthew and Mark and Nicodemus of John…

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15 Works, Today, May 10th. is Jean-Léon Gérôme’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #128

Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824–1904)
The Death of Caesar, between 1859 and 1867
Oil on canvas
Height: 85.5 cm (33.6 in); Width: 145.5 cm (57.2 in)
Walters Art Museum

Julius Caesar was assassinated in Rome on the Ides of March (March 15), 44 BC. Characteristically, Gérôme has depicted not the incident itself, but its immediate aftermath. The illusion of reality that Gérôme imparted to his paintings with his smooth, polished technique led one critic to comment, “If photography had existed in Caesar’s day, one could believe that the picture was painted from a photograph taken on the spot at the very moment of the catastrophe.” More on this painting

Jean-Léon Gérôme (11 May 1824–10 January 1904) was a French painter and sculptor in the style now known as academicism. His paintings were so widely reproduced that he was “arguably the world’s most famous living artist by 1880.” The range of his oeuvre included historical painting, Greek mythology, Orientalism, portraits, and other subjects, bringing the academic painting tradition to an artistic climax. He is considered one of the most important painters from this academic period. He was also a teacher with a long list of students…

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15 Works, Today, May 10th. is Jean-Léon Gérôme’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #128

Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824–1904)
The Death of Caesar, between 1859 and 1867
Oil on canvas
Height: 85.5 cm (33.6 in); Width: 145.5 cm (57.2 in)
Walters Art Museum

Julius Caesar was assassinated in Rome on the Ides of March (March 15), 44 BC. Characteristically, Gérôme has depicted not the incident itself, but its immediate aftermath. The illusion of reality that Gérôme imparted to his paintings with his smooth, polished technique led one critic to comment, “If photography had existed in Caesar’s day, one could believe that the picture was painted from a photograph taken on the spot at the very moment of the catastrophe.” More on this painting

Jean-Léon Gérôme (11 May 1824–10 January 1904) was a French painter and sculptor in the style now known as academicism. His paintings were so widely reproduced that he was “arguably the world’s most famous living artist by 1880.” The range of his oeuvre included historical painting, Greek mythology, Orientalism, portraits, and other subjects, bringing the academic painting tradition to an artistic climax. He is considered one of the most important painters from this academic period. He was also a teacher with a long list of students.

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04 Works, Today, June 29th, is Apostle Paul’s day, his story in Paintings #180

Rembrandt, (1606–1669)
Apostle Paul, c. 1633 (?)
Oil on canvas
Height: 137 cm (53.9 in); Width: 112 cm (44 in)
Kunsthistorisches Museum , Vienna, Austria

Paul the Apostle, commonly known as Saint Paul and also known by his Hebrew name Saul of Tarsus, taught the gospel of Christ to the first-century world. Paul is generally considered one of the most important figures of the Apostolic Age, and from the mid-30s to the mid-50s AD he founded several Christian communities in Asia Minor and Europe…

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05 Works, Today, May 1st, is Holy Prophet Jeremiah’s day, With Footnotes – #122

Michelangelo, (1475–1564)
Prophet Jeremiah, c. 1508-1512
Fresco
Height: 390 cm (12.7 ft); Width: 380 cm (12.4 ft)
Sistine Chapel,Vatican

Holy Prophet Jeremiah (583 BC) is the author of the Old Testament book that bears his name and of the Book of Lamentations; and Baruch, his scribe and disciple, composed the Old Testament book that bears his own name.

Jeremiah was the son of Helkiah, of the tribe of Levi, from the city of Anathoth in the land of Benjamin. He prophesied for thirty years, from 613 to 583 BC.

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06 Works, Today, April 11th, is Saints Martinian and Processus’ day, With Footnotes – #98

Saints Processus and Martinian

Martinian and Processus were Christian martyrs of ancient Rome. Neither the years they lived nor the circumstances of their deaths are known. They are currently buried in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome.

According to legend, Martinian and Processus were were pagans and they served as guards at the Mamertine prison in Rome.

In this prison were held state criminals, among which Christians also were included.

Watching over the Christian prisoners and hearing also their preaching, Processus and Martinian gradually came to the knowledge of the true faith in the Saviour…

 

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