Murillo’s Return of the Prodigal Son
March 25th 2022
“The Return of the Prodigal Son”, Esteban Murillo, 1667-70, National Gallery of Art Washington. This large canvas was one of a series painted for the Hospital de la Caridad in Seville to illustrate the seven works of mercy. This
TINTORETTO’S ANNUNCIATION AT THE SCOULA GRANDE DI SAN ROCCO
March 19th 2022
“Annunciation”, Jacobo Tintoretto, 1581-2, Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Venice. Tintoretto’s “Annunciation” is very different to those of other Italian artists of the Renaissance. Usually, the Virgin is shown as calm, serene and located within a well ordered space reflecting
Bellini’s Tranfiguration in Naples
March 12th 2022
Christ stands before us dressed in white garments which are as bright as the band of white clouds on the horizon behind him, but are hardly the “dazzling white” to which the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke attest.
Stanley Spencer’s Christ in the Wilderness – The Hen
March 5th 2022
“Christ in the Wilderness -The Hen”, Stanley Spencer c. 1954, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth. Spencer noted that the gospels focus on the temptations and not on the 40 days preceding them. He resolved to paint a series
