Tag: religious art
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Annunciation by Fra Angelico (December 8th)
Today is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, so it seems appropriate to feature this Annunciation by Fra Angelico for the Advent Calendar. I have known that I wanted to use this painting since the beginning of the month, it was just a question of when. I love the work of Italian monk Guido di Pietro,…
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Saint Nicholas of Bari by Carlo Crivelli (December 6th)
December 5th’s Advent Calendar post is a painting of Saint Nicolas (the forefather of Santa Claus) by Italian Renaissance painter Carlo Crivelli.
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Flight into Egypt by Henry Ossawa Tanner (December 5th)
Henry Ossawa Tanner, Flight Into Egypt, 1923. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. When I decided I wanted to do a flight into Egypt painting today, I expected to pick a famous one. This common subject for religious paintings, involving Mary, Joseph, and the baby Jesus fleeing their persecutors on the back of a donkey has been represented by artists such…
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Christ in the House of His Parents (December 1st)
The first installment of an art historical advent calendar – features Pre-Raphaelite painting Christ in the House of His Parents by John Everett Millais.
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The Office of the Dead – Day 31
The Office of the Dead was a section of funerary prayers in the book of hours. It could be accompanied by some pretty spooky and fantastic images.
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Apocalypse Manuscripts – Day 30
Apocalypse manuscripts concern the Book of Revelation. All this apocalyptic subject matter provided plenty of opportunities for vivid illustrations.
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The Hours of Catherine of Cleves – Day 27
The Hours of Catherine of Cleves is a book of hours that’s supposedly the greatest Dutch illuminated manuscript ever. It’s now at the Morgan Library in NY.
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The Morgan Library Crusader Bible – Day 26
The Morgan Library Crusader Bible is a medieval illuminated Bible with tons and tons of illustrations. See some of them in this post.
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St. Cuthbert’s Gospel – Day 20
Read about an early medieval English illuminated manuscript associated with Saint Cuthbert, an important British monastic figure.
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The Book of Durrow – Day 17
The Book of Durrow is a 7th-century Irish illuminated manuscript with lots of decoration. Think of it as a precursor to the more famous Book of Kells.
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October in the Calendar Pages – Day 13
Calendar pages appear in Books of Hours and feature scenes for each month. Find out how October was traditionally depicted.
