Perugino, the rise and fall of a genius who became outdated
Perugino's artistic parabola is not enough to obscure his genius and the magnificence of his works, which still enchant us today, half a millennium later, and will continue to do so for generations to come. For instance, the Baptism of Christ, the beginning of Jesus' public life frescoed in the Vatican.
The adolescent Jesus in the work of a converted artist
John Rogers Herbert, raised as an Anglican, converted to Catholicism at the age of 30. From then on his art became more profound, the result of his desire to transmit faith through his work. His work influenced the Pre-Raphaelite movement.
The Child Jesus rejected by Dickens
Christ in the House of His Parents is a painting by Sir John Everett Millais that has attracted a lot of negative criticism, the most virulent being that written by Charles Dickens, who accused the artist of having depicted Jesus too obviously as a Jew and Mary as a drunkard. This is the story of an artist who founded the Pre-Raphaelite movement.
Simone Martini’s Christ Discovered in the Temple
The Gospels give us very little information about the hidden years of Jesus. Among them is the mystery of the Discovery with the doctors in the temple and his subsequent return home with Mary and Joseph. An episode that Simone Martini painted in an original way.
Tiepolo’s unique depiction of the Holy Family docking in Egypt
Tiepolo's Flight into Egypt, conserved in Lisbon, is very special because it refers to a little shown episode in the life of Jesus, namely the moment when the Holy Family docks on the Egyptian coast. This is the story of the most famous 'ambassador' of 18th-century Italian art in the world.
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When Caravaggio painted the Flight into Egypt on a tablecloth
“Rest on the Flight into Egypt” is an unusual picture that Caravaggio painted in 1597 on a Flanders cloth, a fabric then used to make tablecloths. It was painted during the Roman period of the artist, who lived a short and troubled life due to his quarrelsome temperament.
