#altarpiece
“We do not need a truth to serve us; we need a truth that we can serve.”
~ Jacques Maritain
[Annunciation (detail), 1440 - 1442 - Fra Angelico]
• Jacques Maritain (1882–1973), French philosopher and political thinker, was one of the principal exponents of Thomism in the twentieth century and an influential interpreter of the thought of St Thomas Aquinas. More: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/maritain/
• Over the course of roughly 15 years, Angelico completed several renditions of the Annunciation, an ethereal event that remains at the core of certain Christian teachings. Rendered as spirited panel paintings, shimmering altarpieces, and vibrant frescoes, Angelico’s Annunciations seem to float above other artists’ interpretations. More: https://mymodernmet.com/fra-angelico-the-annunciation/
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Passion of Christ- Betrayal of Christ byBernat Martorell- Altarpiece of Saint Vincent(c.1438-1440) Located @ National Art Museum of Catalonia, Spain. possibly comes from the parish church of Sant Vicenc de Menarguens (Noguera)
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Vivarini and Basaiti, ‘Altarpiece of Saint Ambrose’,1505, Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice
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The Altarpiece of Ghent, Hubert Van Eyck, 1430-1432.
The Altarpiece was commissioned for Saint Bavo’s Cathedral. It was seized by the Nazis in 1940 while it was traveling through France on its way to safety in the Vatican. The Germans had stolen its panels once before, during the First World War, and were happy to have it back. In an effort to protect it from Allied bombing, it was stored in the Altaussee salt mines, where it was badly damaged by the poor conditions instead.
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Tilman Riemenschneider (Würzburg, Germany)
The Assumption of the Virgin
1505-1510
Lime wood sculpture; altarpiece
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Lucas Cranach the Elder, Saints Christina and Ottilia, 1506. National Gallery, London.
Saint Christina is shown standing on her attribute, the millstone, as according to her legend she was thrown into Lake Bolsena in Tuscany after converting to Christianity (a trial she miraculously survived). Saint Ottilia (aka St Odile of Alsace) is said to have miraculously recovered her sight after being baptised by Saint Erhard of Regensburg; her eyes are balanced on the book she is carrying.
More information: http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/lucas-cranach-the-elder-saints-christina-and-ottilia
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Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen
Detail of Saint Catherine and Ursula, from the Saint Jerome Altarpiece, 1511
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