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(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)Loading...The event of The Adoration of the Shepherds has been depicted on walls, canvases and clothes so many times, that every new version consists its own add-ons and every artist tries to come up with a new angle for the significant event in Jesus’s life. The current portrayal by the Spanish Caravaggio Francisco Zurbaran, celebrates the moment when shepherds arrived at the manger to get the glimpse of the son of god for the first time after the annunciation of shepherds. They have reached the place and are beholding the first glimpse of the godly child with awe and admiration. The sacredness and purity and veneration of place could not be matched with any other Christian event as the event has no evil speck in […]
(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)Loading...Heinrich was a shepherd’s son and almost all of his paintings reflect his childhood as being one. He drew many paintings about domestic animals plowing or just wandering in green farms. Due to his fascination towards animals in farms, he drew paintings based on the theme for more than 40 years, which are called the ‘heavy works’. This painting is another heavy work of him, plainly displaying two cows in a farm near a narrow water-stream. To me, this oil-on-canvas painting exemplifies the sheer beauty of animals in natural environment, Fearless and harmless. Not a thing in the scene is man-made. The cows, he wide-spread meadow and the little stream besides all the elements are natural and in their pure conditions. They are not manipulated […]
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...Guglielmo Zoochi was an Italian painter born in 1874. Majority of his work depended on displaying the contemporary women enjoying different kind of activities. The women portrayed in his paintings were often very beautiful wearing traditional clothing and makeup. The current oil-on-canvas painting is called A Musical Evening. It captures the moment of some women and two men from affluent houses, enjoying the music at a particular evening. Expensive clothing of characters, house filled with expensive furniture and decorative pieces of carpet and wallpapers clearly states that it is a house of one of the wealthiest persons in Italy. The particular moment demonstrates the complete enjoyment of characters with music. A woman is playing an instrument by reading the notes. She seems to be indulged […]
(No Ratings Yet)Loading...When the plague of 1576 struck on Italy, Doge Alvise I Mocenigo decided to build a massive church if the plague diminishes totally. After plague stopped the church was built and was called as II Redentore. From that time, festival of Redentore began to give thanks for the end of the terrible plague. Italian artist Fausto Zonaro has depicted the same festival of the old times with details. The presented portion of the festival shows a person trying to sell his goods to two beautiful women. Thus, the festival having a terrible history has now forgot the abysmal of the past and people are enjoying the healthy present. We see a hand-fan in the hands of the lady in front and one lady in the […]