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José Ribera ( Guiseppe (Jusepe) de Ribera, 1588–1652), (circle of Jose Ribera) The Penitent Saint Peter , oil on canvas, 93 x 70.5 cm, European private collection. Another. A painting on this subject (c.1628-1632) is also on display at the Art Institute of Chicago, but I can't find an image of it online.
The Bronze Horseman (Russian: Медный всадник, literally " copper horseman") is an equestrian statue of Peter the Great in the Senate Square in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was opened to the public on 7 (18) August 1782. Commissioned by Catherine the Great, it was created by the French sculptor Étienne Maurice Falconet.
Origins: Nero, A Fisherman and the Great Fire The story of St. Peter’s Basilica goes all the way back to the time of the Emperor Nero, and the notorious fire that razed Rome to the ground in 64 AD. Seeking a scapegoat for a devastating inferno that he may well have started for his own ends, Nero hit upon the idea of blaming the eccentric and ...
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The Peter the Great Statue is a 98-metre-high (322 ft) monument to Peter the Great, located at the western confluence of the Moskva River and the Vodootvodny Canal in central Moscow, Russia. It was designed by the Georgian designer Zurab Tsereteli to commemorate 300 years of the Russian Navy, which Peter the Great established.
Halo (religious iconography) A halo (from Ancient Greek ἅλως (hálōs) 'threshing floor, disk'; [1] [2] also called a nimbus, aureole, glory, or gloriole ( Latin: gloriola, lit. 'little glory') is a crown of light rays, circle or disk of light [3] that surrounds a person in works of art. The halo occurs in the iconography of many religions ...
Il Gesu Church, the Jesuits' mother church, showcases Counter-Reformation architecture with a focus on the altar and Eucharist. Designed for clarity and accessibility, it holds large crowds and features a wide nave, side chapels, and a shortened transept. The ceiling, painted by Baroque artist Gaulli, creates a miraculous illusion with heavenly ...
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- The Church of the Gesù is 75 metres (246 ft) long and 35 metres (115 ft) wide. The central nave is 25 metres (82 ft) wide.
- I will answer this as a theologian (which is what I do professionally). In the Apostles Creed, a basic statement of Western AND Eastern Christian c...
Feb 23, 2023 · NARRATIVE IMAGES FROM SCRIPTURE. St. Peter is the Zelig of New Testament images, showing up in many episodes where scripture does not specifically note his presence. Thus we see him in a Calling of the Sons of Zebedee painting and even, anachronistically, in a Baptism of Jesus fresco . He also appears in a number of images of the raising of ...
