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Did God Workout? (Part 3 – God’s Women)

by adamhalevi, posted in Art, Artemisia Gentileschi, Baroque, Bible, Bible Illustration, Biblical Heroines, Caravaggio, Deborah (prophetess), Images of Bible Personalities, Jael (biblical heroine), Jewish versus Christian attitudes to Women, Judith and Holefernes, Mary (mother of Jesus), Mary Magdalene, Michal (daughter of Saul), Miriam (sister of Moses), Oil on Canvas, Oil Painting, Renaissance, Uncategorized, Women in the Bible

The artistic shaping of visual perceptions of, and sensibilities  towards biblical events and personalities from Bible times to the present day. If the High Renaissance saw the visual portrayal of God reach its climax upon the lofty surface of Michael Angelo’s Sistine Chapel, it would be another century or so before the genesis of authentic … Continue reading Did God Workout? (Part 3 – God’s Women)

DID GOD WORKOUT? (Part 2 – Kings and Things)

by adamhalevi, posted in Alexander the Great, Bible Illustration, Biblical History, Gustav Dore, Images of Bible Personalities, King David, King Saul, Lachish Frieze, Lutterworth Press, Moshe Dayan, Ramses II (The Great), Religious Tract Society, Rembrandt, Salvator Rosa, Sargon The Great, Sculpture

The artistic shaping of visual perceptions of, and sensibilities  towards biblical events and personalities from Bible times to the present day. The image above, of an anguished, middle aged Dutchman in some kind of oriental fancy-dress remains many people’s instinctive vision of Israel’s first king, Saul. For me, the spell of received imagery was only … Continue reading DID GOD WORKOUT? (Part 2 – Kings and Things)

DID GOD WORKOUT? (Part 1)

by adamhalevi, posted in Abrahamic God, Albrecht Dürer, Amateur Scholarship, American Dad God, Art, Ashtaroth, Astarte, Baal, Christian God, Epic Cinema, Historical Cinema, Images of God in art, Jewish God, Michelangelo, Religious Epic Cinema, Religious Iconography, Renaissance man or woman, Sistine Chapel Fresco, University of Texas, San Antonio, Western Art and Religion

The artistic shaping of visual perceptions of, and sensibilities  towards biblical events and personalities from the Biblical era to the present day… Since the publication of my book on King Saul of Israel (2007) I have had many invitations from academic institutions and various study groups and organisations – in person and online – to … Continue reading DID GOD WORKOUT? (Part 1)

WHAT DO [WE] DO WITH OUR OLIVES? DO [WE] MAKE THEM INTO OIL?

by adamhalevi, posted in Adam and Dido, Andalusia, Axarquia, Extra Virgin, First Cold-pressed oil, Olive Harvest, Olive Oil, Olive trees, Olives, Southern Spain

THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION/S WE ARE ASKED THE MOST…* Well, not exactly, is the answer, in that they do all nearly end up as oil, but the oil is not made by us. Olive presses, in all their forms, are serious pieces of machinery and far too ambitious and expensive for a small farm … Continue reading WHAT DO [WE] DO WITH OUR OLIVES? DO [WE] MAKE THEM INTO OIL?

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