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Hace 3 días · So the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops moved the celebration of the Annunciation to Monday, April 8. This day celebrates the appearance of the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary to announce the incarnation.
Hace 1 día · Angels took on a more human-like appearance, reflecting a growing fascination with naturalism. Visionaries like Fra Angelico and Sandro Botticelli painted angels with tranquil expressions and delicate movements, frequently depicting them engaging with Biblical figures in intimate settings. Jules Bastien-Lepage, Joan of Arc (1879).
Hace 2 días · Annunciation of Cortona, by Fra Angelico, c.1430s, Source: Dioceses of Cortona The intricacies of Piero’s visual world are apparent. The complex pattern on the floor in front of and behind Christ has been termed “one of the most elaborate to be found in any Renaissance picture.”
Hace 4 días · The angel reveals God’s plan: by the power of the Holy Spirit, she will conceive and bear a son, the “Son of God.” And, to confirm that declaration by rooting it in Mary’s life, the angel mentions the now advanced pregnancy of an older relative, Elizabeth, whom everybody probably expected would die childless. But “nothing is impossible with God.”
Hace 5 días · One of the most famous monks in the history of art, Fra Angelico, lived in one of his cells in the 15th century. This exceptionally talented monk is honoured in the collections of the Museo San Marco. His most famous work stands out: his Annunciation, a Renaissance masterpiece painted around 1440, remains the museum's centrepiece.
Hace 3 días · Exactly 460 years have passed since Michelangelo died at nearly 89 years of age on Feb. 18, 1564. There was no doubt he was Catholic, a Florentine man forever, but to what extent did he imbue his life with the faith he so brilliantly expressed in his art?
Hace 2 días · Gabriel announcing the incarnation to Mary, by Fra Angelico, c. 1440–1445 (Convent of San Marco) ... The Annunciation, by Henry Ossawa Tanner (1898)
