Spanish artist, Diego Velázquez (1599-1660) is best known for his portraits including his masterpiece of Pope Innocent X (1650), this work was was later re-appropriated by contemporarypainter Francis Bacon in a series of paintings attacking the abusive power of Popes.
Friday, 1 January 2010
ALPHA OMEGA ARTS
By TAHLIB
Adoration of the Magi
Albrecht Dürer (Italian 1471-1538)
Created 1504
Location: Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy.
For more on Blacks in Western Art, see The Image of the Black in Western Art
By TAHLIB
Albrecht Dürer (Italian 1471-1538)
Created 1504
Location: Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy.
For more on Blacks in Western Art, see The Image of the Black in Western Art
Sunday, 27 December 2009
ALPHA OMEGA ARTS
By Ernest Disney-Britton
OHIO---Cincinnati, Ohio may not have another church as architecturally stylistic and eclectic as St. Mary's Church (know known as Old St. Mary's Church) in Over the Rhine. The exterior shows signs of the 19th century's growing interest in Romanesque and Gothic but it is the stunningly beautiful sanctuary that attracts visitor's mixing Greek Revival with Baroque styles. The interior is richly embellished both with works of art and objects of devotion. Especially noteworthy are three oil paintings of the Blessed Virgin Mary above the main altar. Fifteen feet high, the paintings are changed at appropriate seasons of the year, being hoisted into place by a system of pulleys. Visible under the high altar are the bones of a woman martyr discovered in 1844 in the Roman catacombs. On July the 3rd, 1842, the church was dedicated and at the time it was the largest church thus far erected in the Mississippi Valley, being 142 feet long, 66 feet wide, the tower reaching the height of 170 feet.
By Ernest Disney-Britton
OHIO---Cincinnati, Ohio may not have another church as architecturally stylistic and eclectic as St. Mary's Church (know known as Old St. Mary's Church) in Over the Rhine. The exterior shows signs of the 19th century's growing interest in Romanesque and Gothic but it is the stunningly beautiful sanctuary that attracts visitor's mixing Greek Revival with Baroque styles. The interior is richly embellished both with works of art and objects of devotion. Especially noteworthy are three oil paintings of the Blessed Virgin Mary above the main altar. Fifteen feet high, the paintings are changed at appropriate seasons of the year, being hoisted into place by a system of pulleys. Visible under the high altar are the bones of a woman martyr discovered in 1844 in the Roman catacombs. On July the 3rd, 1842, the church was dedicated and at the time it was the largest church thus far erected in the Mississippi Valley, being 142 feet long, 66 feet wide, the tower reaching the height of 170 feet.
Wednesday, 2 December 2009
USA TODAY
By Ken Kusmer, Associated Press Writer
INDIANA---El Greco's vision of the veil of Veronica hangs near a golden crown with 447 emeralds. Just a few steps away, a recumbent sculpture of the crucified Jesus Christ rests before its return to a Spanish hermitage in time for Holy Week. "Sacred Spain: Art and Belief in the Spanish World" at the Indianapolis Museum of Art is drawing visitors from around the world for an unprecedented exhibition of 71 pieces from 45 lenders — many of them private — in Spain, Mexico, Peru and other countries. Madrid's Prado has loaned five works alone. The free exhibition, which continues through Jan. 3, has thrilled experts and other visitors alike. Harvard Art Museum curator and cultural historian Ivan Gaskell said it inspired him intellectually like no other exhibition he has seen this year. [link]
By Ken Kusmer, Associated Press Writer
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| The exhibit at the Indianapolis Museum of Art includes 71 pieces from 45 lenders in Spain, Mexico, Peru and other countries. |
Friday, 13 November 2009
THE CATHOLIC TELEGRAPH
By Mary Ann Wyand
INDIANA---“Sacred Spain: Art and Belief in the Spanish World,” a unique, one-time exhibition at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, is an incredible assembly of 17th-century paintings and other objects from Spain and Latin America. Indianapolis Museum of Art conservator Christina Milton O’Connell works on restoring the “Virgin of Guadalupe” in early June to prepare the painting for display in the museum’s “Sacred Spain: Art and Belief in the Spanish World” exhibition. The oil-on-ca nvas painting was created by an unknown artist in Mexico in about 1700. The exhibit, which opened Oct. 11 and runs through Jan. 3, was specially created for the museum and will only be shown there, said Ronda Kasl, senior curator of painting and sculpture before 1800. [link]
By Mary Ann Wyand
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| "MadridMadre Jerónima de la Fuente" (1620) by Diego Velázquez; oil on canvas; 63 x 42 3/8 in. (160 x 107.5 cm); Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid |
Sunday, 1 November 2009
AOA NEWS
By Ernest Britton
NEW YORK CITY - In recognition of his role as a rock-n-roller in Harlem and as a young Priest, Tahlib, a co-founder of the blog, Alpha Omega Arts announced today that Father Luke is the first inductee for the new A&O Prize for Clergy Advocates.
Tahlib said, "I certainly didn't expect to find a Roman Catholic monk who was also a rock musician as I boarded the flight from Indianapolis back home to NYC." Dressed, in the frigid January cold wearing a pair of sandals with woolly black socks, a thick grey robe, and a dusty-looking rope tied around his waist from which a huge wooden cross dangled, he hardly knew what to make of the monk waiting not far from him at the Indianapolis International Airport.
Once the passengers were called for boarding however, Tahlib quickly dismissed him as an eccentric, but God had other plans. "When I made my way to my seat on the plane," said Tahlib, "I found that the strange monk was already seated in the chair next to mine." Forced into an uncomfortable situation with a strange looking man, Tahlib began to share his life in NYC, and the young monk from a farm in Indiana began doing the same. Both idealists, Tahlib, a Civil Rights activists and Luke a Priest the too were soon engaged in an exciting conversation about faith, commitment and the power of art.
Father Luke is a one member of a group of young musicians & Franciscan Friars who are now giving rock concerts at their growing monastery in Harlem/NYC, all as part of their evangelizing efforts. Tahlib is a day-time Civil Rights activist, full time Christian and artist advocate. [link]
By Ernest Britton
Tahlib said, "I certainly didn't expect to find a Roman Catholic monk who was also a rock musician as I boarded the flight from Indianapolis back home to NYC." Dressed, in the frigid January cold wearing a pair of sandals with woolly black socks, a thick grey robe, and a dusty-looking rope tied around his waist from which a huge wooden cross dangled, he hardly knew what to make of the monk waiting not far from him at the Indianapolis International Airport.
Once the passengers were called for boarding however, Tahlib quickly dismissed him as an eccentric, but God had other plans. "When I made my way to my seat on the plane," said Tahlib, "I found that the strange monk was already seated in the chair next to mine." Forced into an uncomfortable situation with a strange looking man, Tahlib began to share his life in NYC, and the young monk from a farm in Indiana began doing the same. Both idealists, Tahlib, a Civil Rights activists and Luke a Priest the too were soon engaged in an exciting conversation about faith, commitment and the power of art.
Father Luke is a one member of a group of young musicians & Franciscan Friars who are now giving rock concerts at their growing monastery in Harlem/NYC, all as part of their evangelizing efforts. Tahlib is a day-time Civil Rights activist, full time Christian and artist advocate. [link]
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| "Midnight Prayers" by Helen Zughaib |
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