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Brief Thoughts on The Passion of Christ through Honthorst's Eyes

Brief Thoughts on The Passion of Christ through Honthorst’s Eyes

April 4, 2015 · by Amy · in Art, Art History, Dutch Baroque, Explorations, Sacred Art, Shorts

Then Pilate took Jesus and flogged him. And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head and arrayed him in a purple robe. They came up to him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!”…

Valentin de Boulogne's Christ & the Adulteress

Valentin de Boulogne’s Christ & the Adulteress

July 31, 2013 · by Amy · in Art, Art History, Dutch Baroque, French Baroque, Jesus, Museums, Religious History, Sacred Art, Shorts

One of my favorite accounts of Jesus’ life comes from John 7:53 – 8:11. While at the temple teaching, the Pharisees bring Jesus a woman who was caught in adultery. As they bring charges against the woman before Christ, saying…

Salome, the femme fatale

Salome, the femme fatale

March 19, 2013 · by Amy · in Art History, Explorations, Shorts

According to Mark’s Gospel, Salome’s mother Herodias wanted John the Baptist dead because he spoke out against her marriage to her brother-in-law, Herod. Herod would not put John to death, because he “feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and…

Sexy Seductress: Potiphar's Wife

Sexy Seductress: Potiphar’s Wife

November 28, 2011 · by Amy · in Art History, Explorations, Series

The story of Joseph and Potiphar’s wife can be found in Genesis 39. At this point in Joseph’s story, he had been nearly killed and then sold into slavery by his brothers and had wound up in Egypt in Pharaoh’s,…

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