01/05/2016 Western Literature (week17)
The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne is an oil
painting by Leonardo da Vinci depicting St
Anne, her daughter the Virgin
Mary and the infant Jesus. Christ is shown
grappling with a sacrificial lamb symbolizing his Passion as the Virgin tries to restrain him. The painting was commissioned as
the high altarpiece for the Church of Santissima
Annunziata in Florence and its theme had long preoccupied
Leonardo.
The Virgin of the Rocks (sometimes the Madonna of the Rocks) is the name used for two paintings by Leonardo da Vinci, of the same subject, and of a composition which is identical
except for several significant details. The version generally considered the prime version, that is the
earlier of the two, hangs in The
Louvre in Paris and the other in
the National Gallery,
London. The paintings are
both nearly 2 metres (over 6 feet) high and are painted in oils. Both
were painted on wooden panel; that in the Louvre has been transferred to canvas.
Saint Anne (also known as Ann or Anna) of David's
house and line, was the mother of the Mary and grandmother of Jesus according to apocryphal Christian and Islamic tradition.
Mary's mother is not named in the canonical gospels, nor in the Quran.
Anne's name and that of her husband Joachim come only from New
Testament apocrypha, of which the Gospel of James (written
perhaps around 150) seems to be the earliest that mentions them.
Throughout history, various groups of people have considered
themselves to be chosen people by
a deity for a purpose, such as to act as the deity's agent on earth.
In monotheistic faiths references to God are used in
constructs such as "God's Chosen People". The phenomenon of a
"chosen people" is particularly common in the Abrahamic tradition,
where it originally referred to the Israelites. Some claims of chosenness are
based on parallel claims of Israelite ancestry, as is the case for
the Christian Identity and Black Hebrew sects- both which
claim themselves (and not Jews) to be the "true Israel". Others claim
a "spiritual" chosenness, including most Christian denominations, who
traditionally believe the church has replaced Israel as the People of God.
※Sagrada Família
The Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família is a large Roman Catholic church in Barcelona,
designed by Catalan Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926).
Gaudí's work on the building is part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and
in November 2010 Pope Benedict XVI consecrated and proclaimed it
a minor basilica, as distinct from a cathedral, which
must be the seat of a bishop.
※Definition
Pain In The Ass: someone who has no purpose but to piss you off.
Futile: incapable of producing any useful result; pointless, in
vain.
Fertile:
(of soil or land) producing or capable of producing abundant vegetation or
crops.
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