Cima da Conegliano - Pieta. 1490

Christus thront, Retter der Welt von Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano (1505)

David and Jonathan by Cima da Conegliano

La bendición de Cristo.

Cima da Conegliano, Giovanni Battista (1459/60–1517/18) -

18th August

St Helen’s Day

Cima da Conegliano by Giovanni Battista. Source: Britannica.com

Today is St Helen’s (or St Helena’s) Day. Helen was the fiercely Christian mother of the Roman Emperor Constantine I, the first Christian Emperor, who on a trip to the Holy Land in 326, personally located the True Cross of Christ which she brought back in triumph to Rome (it was later transferred by her son to the new capital of the Empire, Constantinople). Given Helen’s impeccable Roman and Middle Eastern pedigree, it is curious that a number of English curative wells are named after her, notably the one at Walton, near Wetherby in Yorkshire. The Walton well is supposed to be good for curing eye ailments, particularly if the supplicants rub their infected eyes with a rag and then pin it to the well, in an exercise in sympathetic magic. Perhaps the St Helen connection is not so mysterious - her name sounds enough like the Celtic water-goddess Elen for ownership of places of curative magic to transfer to an imperial Christian saint.

Further pagan remembrances are associated with the skull of Theophilus Brome who died on this day in 1670 at Chilton Cantelo in Somerset. His skull put down roots in the house and could not be moved, the legend says, and when later tenants of the house tried to bury it, the skull let out a mournful and terrifying wail. The head was then left in peace until the early nineteenth century when it was briefly converted into a drinking vessel. These type of skull stories were an echo of ancient Celtic beliefs that the severed head possessed magical powers. If one drunk from a skull, the headhunting Celts believed, the virtues and courage of the deceased would pass to the imbiber.

[1] Karen Lamassonne, Ruido (Noise), 1984. Courtesy of the artist. [2] Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano (attributed to), God the Father, c. 1510–1517. The Courtauld, London. Bequeathed by Arthur Hamilton, Viscount Lee of Fareham, 1947.

TÍTULO: Virgen con el Niño entronizada y los Santos Sebastián, Juan Bautista, María Magdalena, Rocco y miembros de la Cofradía de San Juan Evangelista AUTOR: Cima da Conegliano (Giovanni Battista Cima) FECHA: 1487 - 1488 MATERIAL Y TÉCNICA: Técnica mixta sobre lienzo DIMENSIONES: 301x211 cm INVENTARIO: 5975 El retablo fue realizado entre 1487 y 1488 para el altar de San Giovanni Battista de la catedral de Oderzo, cerca de Treviso, por encargo de la hermandad que tenía la custodia del altar. En esta temprana obra de Cima, entre la Virgen y los santos, se sitúan las figuras de los clientes, minúsculas, según la costumbre medieval que hacía corresponder la importancia jerárquica a la dimensión física. Algunos de ellos visten el hábito y capirote blanco de flagelantes. La escena unitaria se encuentra bajo un dosel abierto, que permite la representación del mundo natural y la representación de efectos luminosos de diferentes tonalidades, particularmente apreciados por los pintores venecianos.

Información e imagen de la Pinacoteca de Brera.

51 Paintings, Interpretation of the bible by Artists of 16th and 17th Centuries, with footnotes

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Giovanni Battista Cima,Titian,Giovanni Bellini,Bartolo di Fredi,Marco Palmezzano,Cima da Conegliano,Esteban Murillo,Bernard van Orley,Tiziano Vecellio,Pieter Coecke van Aelst,Niccolò Cassana,

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Pictured, is: ‘God The Father’ (c. 1510-1517) by Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano (1459–1517) . I was practising Ancient Greek on the Ginoskos app. The Ginoskos app is an app that allows one to learn and to practise Biblical Languages such as Latin, Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic. In Biblical English, the phrase: ‘The Lord giveth and The Lord taketh away.’ or, in Modern English, the phrase: ‘The Lord gives and the Lord Takes away.’ in Ancient Greek, would be: «ὁ Κῡ́ρῐος δῐ́δωσῐ καὶ ὁ Κῡ́ρῐος ᾰ̓ναιρέει.» or, transliterated: ‘ho Kū́rĭos dĭ́dōsĭ kaì ho Kū́rĭos ănairéei.’ In Latin, this phrase would be: ‘Dominus dat et Dominus aufert.’ or, rhythmically: ‘Dóminus dát ét Dóminus á͡úá͡úfert.’ ____ #art #artHistory #Latin #Greek #classics #koine #christianity #judaism #bible https://www.instagram.com/p/Cgy5eeKjQbN/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Parsaggio costiero con due combattenti / Coastal landscape with two fighters [1510]

Artist: Cima da Conegliano

Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano (1459 - 1517) - Saint Francis Receiving Stigmata. Detail.

Madonna und Kind zwischen den Heiligen Ursula und Franziskus von Assisi, c. 1495. von Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano

Cima da Conegliano (Italian, ca. 1459- ca. 1517), Christ among the Doctors, 1504. Tempera on poplar panel, 54.5 x 84.5 cm; National Museum, Warsaw

Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano, David and Jonathan (1505-1510)

Orpheus Charming the Animals early 16th century.

Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano (Italian, about 1460–about 1517)

Gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe degli Uffizi, Florence

Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano:  Saint Sebastian (c.1502)