CHAGALL’S WHITE CRUCIFIXION
January 24th 2025
“The White Crucifixion”, Marc Chagall, 1938, Art Institute of Chicago. The Jewish artist, Marc Chagall, shows the crucified Jesus as a Jewish martyr. His head is covered as if he were in prayer and around his waist is a
GIOTTO’S WEDDING AT CANA
January 17th 2025
“The Wedding at Cana”, Giotto di Bondone, c.1305, Capella Scrovegni (Arena Chapel), Padova. Artists often show a large wedding banquet with Jesus and his mother as just two guests among many but in this painting by Giotto, the focus is
Piero’s Baptism of Christ
January 11th 2025
Piero della Francesca painted this baptism for the altar of a church in his native Borgo San Sepolcro. The town’s name – holy sepulchre – came from a legend that two pilgrims to Jerusalem had returned there in the 9th
Bassano’s Adoration of the Kings
January 4th 2025
The Adoration of the Kings”, Jacopo Bassano, 1542, National Galleries Of Scotland. Have you ever spent some time with this painting? It is in the National Gallery of Scotland. It was painted by Jacobo Bassano, an artist from the Veneto,
