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Essays
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Jean-Luc Nancy |
The title essay here is both a contribution to Nancy's project of a 'deconstruction of Christianity' and an exemplum of his writings on art. In analysing the 'Noli me tangere' trope in art, he looks … |
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Pontius Pilate, anti-semitism, and the Passion in medieval art
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Colum Hourihane |
Pontius Pilate is one of the Bible's best-known villains--but up until the tenth century, artistic imagery appears to have consistently portrayed him as a benevolent Christian and holy symbol of bapt… |
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The life of Jesus in masterpieces of art
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Mary Pope Osborne |
Events of the life of Jesus retold from the Gospels of the New Testament-- Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Sources used were the Holy Bible in the King James version and the Revised Standard version. |
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Rembrandt and the face of Jesus
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Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn |
With the creation of the dramatic Supper at Emmaus (Louvre) and a series of intimate oil sketches of Christ on oak panels, Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) overturned the entire history of Christian ar… |
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The Lost Painting
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Jonathan Harr |
A decaying palazzo on a hilltop near the Adriatic coast, and in the basement, cobwebbed and dusty, an archive unknown to scholars. Here, a young graduate student from Rome makes a discovery that insp… |
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James Ensor
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Patricia G. Berman |
"The brash young artist James Ensor painted Christ's Entry into Brussels in 1889 during a period of extraordinary artistic and political foment in his native Belgium. It is understood today to be one… |
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Michelangelo's Florence Pietà
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Wasserman, Jack |
"This is the most thorough and revealing study ever made of one of Michelangelo's most beautiful, dramatic, and debated works of art: the Florence Pieta. The artist designed the monumental statue lat… |
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