Picture This: Velázquez' Christ with Martha and Mary
How do we interpret paintings which concern biblical texts? In a recent publication, the artist Jane Boyd and biblical critic Philip Esler offer a fresh set of answers to this question. Focusing on one painting by Diego Velázquez. Jane Boyd elaborates upon the critical context of this artist's...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2006
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| In: |
The expository times
Year: 2006, Volume: 118, Issue: 2, Pages: 70-77 |
| Further subjects: | B
BOYD, Jane
B Martha and Mary B Social Sciences B Beuckelaer B Spatial divisions B Velázquez B Mirror B ESLER, Philip B VELAZQUEZ, Diego, 1599-1660 B Bible Criticism, interpretation, etc B Painting |
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| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | How do we interpret paintings which concern biblical texts? In a recent publication, the artist Jane Boyd and biblical critic Philip Esler offer a fresh set of answers to this question. Focusing on one painting by Diego Velázquez. Jane Boyd elaborates upon the critical context of this artist's environment and how it effected a certain conceptual development which in the context of today's viewer also provokes the question, 'Where is the mirror?' |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5308 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The expository times
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0014524606070862 |
