TINTORETTO’S VISITATION AT THE SCOULA SAN ROCCO
May 28th 2022
“Visitation”, Tintoretto, 1588, Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Venice. This painting was intended to be viewed from below. It hangs high up over an archway on the landing of the grand staircase of the Scuola Grande di San Rocco. The
BASSANO’S LAST SUPPER
May 14th 2022
“Last Supper”, Jacopo Bassano, c. 1546, Gallerie Borghese, Rome. At the Last Supper Jesus washed his disciples feet and then revealed who it was would betray him. The disciples bare feet are hard to miss and they really do
THE GOOD SHEPHERD FROM THE CATACOMBS OF PRISCILLA
May 7th 2022
“The Good Shepherd”, Third Century, Catacombs of Priscilla, Rome. This fresco was painted on the ceiling of a burial chamber in the Catacombs of Priscilla in Rome. It is not hard for us to see that the man at the
