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darksilenceinsuburbia: Fussreliquiar. Gold-plated copper. For...

Sat, 11 May 2013 16:56:49 -0400

Fussreliquiar. Gold-plated copper. For the relic of one of the innocent children of Bethlehem. Goldsmith Oswald About Linger Eberler, Basel. Silver. Origin: Basel (BS), Cathedral Treasury, ca. 1450.

The National Swiss Museum.

awkwardsituationist: andreea tanase documents a day in the...

Wed, 08 May 2013 23:54:28 -0400

awkwardsituationist:

andreea tanase documents a day in the pastoral life of a romanian nunnery, which includes tending to the flower garden, fishing on the lake, making chocolate cake, wine testing, picking blueberries, and reading in the forest. (may 5th was easter sunday in the romanian orthodox church)

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Tue, 07 May 2013 16:46:10 -0400

fuckyeahalphonsemucha: St. Bernard and Conrad III

Sat, 04 May 2013 15:30:14 -0400

fuckyeahalphonsemucha:

St. Bernard and Conrad III

orthodoxphotos: Αγιά Σοφιά Κωνσταντινούπολη

Fri, 03 May 2013 18:20:03 -0400

orthodoxphotos:

Αγιά Σοφιά

Κωνσταντινούπολη

jaded-mandarin: Baltasar de Echave Ibía. The lmmaculate...

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 19:34:53 -0400

jaded-mandarin:

Baltasar de Echave Ibía. The lmmaculate Conception, 17th Century.

c0ssette: Portrait of Mary Ruthven, Lady van...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:55:23 -0400

c0ssette:

Portrait of Mary Ruthven, Lady van Dyck,1639,detail.Sir Anthony Van Dyck.

cavetocanvas: Carlo Crivelli, Madonna and Child Enthroned,...

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:30:46 -0400

cavetocanvas:

Carlo Crivelli, Madonna and Child Enthroned, 1472

From the Metropolitan Museum of Art:

These three panels are from a splendid, five-part altarpiece painted by Crivelli in 1472 for a Dominican church in the Marchigian town of Ascoli Piceno. The center panel, with the animated child delicately supported by his elegant mother, who turns her head to glance at the viewer, is especially notable. The gold background has been damaged and it is possible that the child was reaching for a flying bird, his frequent attribute. The cracked marble dais incised with the artist’s name and date is a recurrent feature of Crivelli’s work—an antiquarian detail that seems to have appealed to his patrons. On it are two pears, symbolic of the Fall of Man, and a fly, conceivably an emblem of Satan. Crivelli loved visual tricks, and the shadow cast by the fly gives a disturbingly realistic quality. The tooled patterns of gold are particularly beautiful.

bitchfaceart: Carlo Crivelli

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 14:00:46 -0400

bitchfaceart:

Carlo Crivelli

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Sun, 31 Mar 2013 15:30:24 -0400

midnightineurope: Monastery of Our Lady of the Sign, Moscow

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 22:24:25 -0400

midnightineurope:

Monastery of Our Lady of the Sign, Moscow

allaboutmary: Vergine del Carmine The statue of Our Lady of...

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 23:44:22 -0400

allaboutmary:

Vergine del Carmine

The statue of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in the Carmelite church of Santa Maria in Traspontina in Rome.

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Fri, 08 Mar 2013 15:58:32 -0500

mediumaevum: HAPPY WORLD BOOK DAY! Let’s celebrate with some...

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 15:31:22 -0500

mediumaevum:

HAPPY WORLD BOOK DAY!

Let’s celebrate with some festive, lavish medieval book covers.

13th century lectionary cover, enamled plaque

11th century Byzantine and Spanish cover

9th century Lindau Gospels cover

cavetocanvas: Philippe de Champaigne, Triple Portrait of...

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 13:11:06 -0500

cavetocanvas:

Philippe de Champaigne, Triple Portrait of Cardinal Richelieu, c. 1640

miscellaneous-art: Crib of the Infant Jesus, Made in Brabant,...

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:13:16 -0500

miscellaneous-art:

Crib of the Infant Jesus, Made in Brabant, South Netherlands, 15th century.

«Miniature cradles for doll-like images of the Christ Child were popular devotional objects in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and were venerated both in private homes and in convents.»

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religiousicons: virgin mary in mexico city

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 20:44:53 -0500

religiousicons:

virgin mary in mexico city

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Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:30:38 -0500

demonagerie: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cloisters...

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 14:34:54 -0500

demonagerie:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cloisters Collection, 1954, f.74v (The Procession of the Flagellants)The Belles Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry. Herman, Paul, and Jean de Limbourg (Franco-Netherlandish, active in France, by 1399–1416)

smartasskate: Christ, El Greco

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:30:35 -0500

smartasskate:

Christ, El Greco