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Messiah is a 'sacred eclogue' by Alexander Pope, composed in 1712. [1] It is based on the Fourth Eclogue of Virgil, and is an example of English Classicism's appropriation and reworking of the genres, subject matter and techniques of classical Latin literature.
4) Surely He hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we did esteem Him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 5) But He was wounded for our transgressions; He was bruised for our iniquities. The chastisement of our peace was upon Him, and with His stripes we are healed.
An interesting feature of the poem is the second quatrain's two extended enumerations using 1-syllable words [6] that are very rare in the Polish language. A similar poetic device [7] [8] (Dźwięk, cień, dym, wiatr, błysk, głos, punkt - żywot ludzki słynie [9]) was used earlier by another Polish baroque poet, Daniel Naborowski in the poem "The Brevity of Life" (in Polish Krótkość ...
In art the Instruments either surrounded an image of Christ in andachtsbilder subjects such as the Man of Sorrows, or might appear by themselves - often the image of Christ's face on the Veil of Veronica was the focal point of the image. In both cases the purpose of the representations was to symbolize the sufferings of Christ during his Passion.
Lamentation by Giotto, 1305. The Lamentation of Christ [1] is a very common subject in Christian art from the High Middle Ages to the Baroque. [2] After Jesus was crucified, his body was removed from the cross and his friends mourned over his body.
Each Sanskrit verse is accompanied by an English translation. The poem and the translation comprise 434 pages. Titles of selected cantos, in both English and Sanskrit, are listed in the table at right. The published poem contains a 3-page preface by the author, in which he described the process by which he composed the poem over approximately 5 ...
The latest image is a stark contrast to how He is portrayed in paintings and pictures who appears leaner with long flowy hair. Earlier this year a picture re-emerged that showed what Jesus might ...
In Agony in the Garden, Jesus prays in the garden after the Last Supper while the disciples sleep and Judas leads the mob, by Andrea Mantegna c. 1460.. In Roman Catholic tradition, the Agony in the Garden is the first Sorrowful Mystery of the Rosary [8] and the First Station of the Scriptural Way of the Cross (second station in the Philippine version).