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Drawing from a large repertoire of designs, barn painters combined many elements in their decorations. The geometric patterns of quilts can be seen in the patterns of many hex signs. Hearts and tulips seen on barns are commonly found on elaborately lettered and decorated birth, baptism, and marriage certificates known as fraktur .
The white rose symbolises innocence and faithfulness, the red rose stands for love and passion [3] [6] Snowdrop: Virgin Mary: Symbolises hope, purity and virtue Strawberry: Virgin Mary: Symbolises righteousness and humility. Their flowers embody chastity, but they also became a symbol of transience and vanity.
Fraktur is a highly artistic and elaborate illuminated folk art created by the Pennsylvania Dutch, named after the Fraktur script associated with it. Place of creation also includes Alsace, Switzerland, and Rhineland which are also contributed to the folk art. [1] Most Fraktur were created between 1740 and 1860. [2]
Hanakotoba, also known as 花言葉 – Japanese form of the language of flowers; List of national flowers – flowers that represent specific geographic areas; Plants in culture – uses of plants by humans; Narcissus in culture – uses of narcissus flowers by humans
Art in the Christian Tradition ID: 56067 ; Google Arts & Culture asset ID: HgE0TNZqMx1hXw ; Smartify artwork ID: andrea-del-verrocchio-the-baptism-of-christ-verrocchio ; Zeri image ID: 14099 ; Uffizi artwork ID: verrocchio-leonardo-baptism-of-christ ; Florentine musea catalogue ID: 00281197 ; Authority file:
The Holy Spirit is often depicted as a dove, based on the account of the Holy Spirit descending like a dove on Jesus at his baptism. [5] In many paintings of the Annunciation , the Holy Spirit is shown in the form of a dove, coming down towards Mary on beams of light, as the Archangel Gabriel announces Christ 's coming to Mary .
The Baptism of Christ (Piero della Francesca) R. Baptism of Christ (Ribera) S. Saint John Altarpiece (van der Weyden) V. The Baptism of Christ (Verrocchio and Leonardo)
Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (/ ˈ b ɪər d z l i / BEERDZ-lee; 21 August 1872 – 16 March 1898) was an English illustrator and author. His black ink drawings were influenced by Japanese woodcuts, and depicted the grotesque, the decadent, and the erotic.