Tag: angel

La Anunciación (c.1596-1600)

El Greco (1541-1614) La Anunciación (The Annunciation) c.1596–1600 Oil on canvas, 114 x 67 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid This is a small-scale replica of the canvas on the same subject now in the Museo del Prado and was originally part of…

La Anunciación (c.1576)

El Greco (1541-1614) La Anunciación (The Annunciation) c.1576 Oil on canvas, 117 x 98 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid In the course of his life, EI Greco painted numerous versions of the Annunciation, thus allowing his stylistic development to be traced through…

La Madone du village (1938-1942)

Chagall, Marc (1887-1985) La Madone du village (The Madonna of the Village) 1938–1942 Oil on canvas, 102.5 x 98 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid During the years of the Jewish holocaust, Chagall painted numerous religious scenes taken from the Christian tradition. He…

Maestà (1308-1311)

Duccio di Buoninsegna (c.1255-c.1319) Maestà (Madonna with Angels and Saints) 1308–1311 Tempera on wood, 214 x 412 cm Duomo di Siena, Siena This was the central panel of the Maestà altarpiece in the Cathedral of Siena. Virtual reconstruction of the…

Edipo re (1967)

Oedipus Rex Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini Producer: Alfredo Bini Screenplay: Pier Paolo Pasolini Based on: Oedipus Rex by Sophocles Genre: Drama | Mythology | Tragedy Music: Pier Paolo Pasolini Country: Italia Language: Italian Studio: Arco Film Release date: 1967 Running…

Stigmatizzazione di San Francesco (1767-1769)

Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Stigmatizzazione di San Francesco (Stigmatization of Saint Francis) 1767–1769 Oil on canvas, 278 x 153 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid A depiction of a miracle in the life of Saint Francis of Assisi that took place in…

L’Immacolata Concezione (1767-1769)

Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) L’Immacolata Concezione (The Immaculate Conception) 1767–1769 Oil on canvas, 281 x 155 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This majestic image was part of a cycle of seven altarpieces commissioned in 1767 for the new royal church of…

Angelo con corona di gigli (1767-1769)

Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) Angelo con corona di gigli (Angel with a crown of lilies) 1767–1769 Oil on canvas, 40 x 53 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This is a fragment of Saint Joseph with the infant Christ, painted for the…