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The Archangel Michael stands on death's shoulders, [6] the largest figure in the painting, whose body and wings span the entire pictorial space. [10] Michael wears jewel-studded golden armour and has curly blond hair and multicoloured wings similar to those seen in the donor panel of van Eyck's 1437 Dresden Triptych of the Virgin and Child. [6]
The angel who rescues Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego from the "fiery furnace" in the Book of Daniel Chapter 3 is usually regarded in Christian tradition as Michael; this is sometimes represented in Early Christian art and Eastern Orthodox icons, but rarely in later art of the Western church.
Where traditional compositions generally contrast an ordered, harmonious heavenly world above with the tumultuous events taking place in the earthly zone below, in Michelangelo's conception the arrangement and posing of the figures across the entire painting give an impression of agitation and excitement, [4] and even in the upper parts there is "a profound disturbance, tension and commotion ...
The Passionists, officially named the Congregation of the Passion of Jesus Christ (Latin: Congregatio Passionis Iesu Christi), abbreviated CP, [3] are a Catholic clerical religious congregation of pontifical right for men, founded by Paul of the Cross in 1720, with a special emphasis on and devotion to the Passion of Jesus Christ.
Saint Anthony Abbot and Michael the Archangel; Saint John the Evangelist and Michael the Archangel; Saint Michael (Beccafumi, 1526-1535) Saint Michael (Giordano) Saint Michael (Raphael) Saint Michael Defeats the Rebel Angels (Beccafumi) San Ruffillo Madonna; Santa Margherita Madonna; Saint Peter Martyr Altarpiece
While painting, on 12 November 1853, Martin suffered an attack of paralysis, now thought to have been a stroke. The attack deprived him of the ability to talk and to control his right arm, and he died at Douglas on 17 February 1854. [12] At the time of his death, his partially unfinished three paintings were being exhibited in Newcastle. [13]
Shining Through is a 1992 American World War II drama film which was released to United States cinemas on January 31, 1992, [2] written and directed by David Seltzer and starring Michael Douglas and Melanie Griffith, with Liam Neeson, Joely Richardson and John Gielgud in supporting roles.
A "Doom painting" or "Doom" is a traditional English term for a wall-painting of the Last Judgement in a medieval church. This is the moment in Christian eschatology when Christ judges souls to send them to either Heaven or Hell .