CRIVELLI’S SAINTS PETER AND PAUL
June 24th 2022
This painting of Sts Peter and Paul is one of my favourites because the two saints look like real characters. This is a side-panel from a large and very formal altarpiece which once adorned the high altar of the Parish
MASS IN A CONEMARA CABIN
June 18th 2022
“Mass in a Connemara Cabin”, Aloysius O’Kelly, 1883, National Gallery Dublin. A young priest gives the final blessing at a Station Mass. His vestments are white and there is a picture of the Sacred Heart in the background, which suggests
THE HOLY TRINITY, EDINBURGH
June 11th 2022
Panel from “The Trinity Altarpiece”, Hugo van der Goes, 1478-9, National Galleries of Scotland. One way to get people to think about the doctrine of the Trinity is to ask them to draw God. Very few will come up
Giotto’s Pentecost
June 4th 2022
“Pentecost”, Giotto di Bondone, 1305, Capella Scrovegni, Padua. Giotto frescoed the walls of the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua with 38 scenes drawn from the life of Christ, the Virgin, and her parents, Joachim and Anna. He arranged them in chronological
