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Annunciation (van Eyck)
The Annunciation is the biblical episode of the announcement by the archangel Gabriel to Mary that she would become the mother of Jesus. Annunciation may also refer to: * Annunciation to the shepherds, in which angels tell a group of shepherds about the birth of Jesus * Annunciation to Joseph, when Joseph is told in a dream Mary has conceived by the Holy Spirit Paintings * Annunciation (Fra Angelico, Madrid), ''Annunciation'' (Fra Angelico, Madrid), 1425–26 * Annunciation (Fra Angelico, San Marco), ''Annunciation'' (Fra Angelico, San Marco), c. 1450, in Florence, Italy * ''Annunciation of Cortona'', 1433–1434, by Fra Angelico * ''Annunciation of San Giovanni Valdarno'', c. 1430–1432, by Fra Angelico * Annunciation (Antonello da Messina), ''Annunciation'' (Antonello da Messina), 1474, in Syracuse, Italy * Annunciation (Bellini), ''Annunciation'' (Bellini), c. 1500, by Giovanni Bellini, in Venice, Italy * Annunciation (Botticelli, Glasgow), ''Annunciation'' (Botticelli, Gla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annunciation
The Annunciation (from Latin '), also referred to as the Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Annunciation of Our Lady, or the Annunciation of the Lord, is the Christian celebration of the biblical tale of the announcement by the angel Gabriel to Mary that she would conceive and bear a son through a virgin birth and become the mother of Jesus Christ, the Christian Messiah and Son of God, marking the Incarnation. Gabriel told Mary to name her son Jesus, meaning "YHWH is salvation". According to , the Annunciation occurred "in the sixth month" of Elizabeth's pregnancy with John the Baptist. Many Christians observe this event with the Feast of the Annunciation on 25 March, an approximation of the northern vernal equinox nine full months before Christmas, the ceremonial birthday of Jesus. The Annunciation is a key topic in Christian art in general, as well as in Marian art in the Catholic Church, having been especially prominent during the Middle Ages and Renaissance. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annunciation (Orazio Gentileschi, 1623)
''Annunciation'' is a 1623 oil on canvas painting by Orazio Gentileschi, now in the Galleria Sabauda in Turin. The work was produced during the artist's stay in Genoa. Its large red curtain quotes that in Caravaggio's ''Death of the Virgin (Caravaggio), Death of the Virgin'' (Louvre), which he had seen in Rome, but the painting as a whole uses a warmer daytime light in contrast to that work's nighttime setting. The painter sent the work to Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy in Turin in 1623 with a letter mentioning his other services to the House of Savoy, probably referring to his earlier ''Assumption of the Virgin (Gentileschi), Assumption of the Virgin'' (Turin City Museum of Ancient Art), originally intended for the church of Monte dei Cappuccini, Turin. The letter also explicitly mentioned the artist's Lot and His Daughters (Orazio Gentileschi, Ottawa), ''Lot and His Daughters'', long in the Savoy collections. The accompanying letter and the choice of subject (Savoy had a S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
