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Jan 31, 2020 · This beautiful volume shows how the women of Scripture have been variously portrayed in art and literature throughout the centuries - even as it reinterprets these portrayals for people today. Here are the great women of the Bible, from Eve to Mary, as portrayed by artists from the early Christian period to the present day.
For centuries, art has portrayed biblical women in ways that reflect society’s attitudes towards women and their role. Depictions of female biblical figures fluctuate according to historical and social perceptions. Jewish art often features heroic and worthy women who, through their courageous deeds, helped to triumph over Israel’s enemies.
Women of the Bible : with paintings from the great art museums of the world. by. Armstrong, Carole. Publication date. 1998. Topics. Women in the Bible -- Biography -- Juvenile literature, Women in the Bible. Publisher. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. Collection. internetarchivebooks; inlibrary; printdisabled. Contributor.
- Introduction
- Chasing
- Embroidered brocade
- Enamel
- Engraving
- Gilding
- Grisaille
- Polychrome terracotta
- Repoussé
- Stained glass
- Terracotta
- Warp
- Weft
- Project MUSE QUESTs
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- Make your own Book: Star Book with Tooled Metal Covers
- Instructions
- Create diamond-fold pages.
- C. Create tooled covers.
- D. Assemble star book.
- Artist Fact Sheets
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- Compare/Contrast Questions
Picturing Mary addresses the story of women and art by focusing on the most frequently depicted woman in Western art until the eighteenth century. The Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus Christ, embodied the Christian ideal of womanhood. She was the archetype of a passionately devoted woman and strong yet tender mother. Artists also presented Mary as the ...
Description: A decorative technique whereby variously shaped tools are used to compress the metal surface to create patterns without removing any metal. Chasing is also used to finish parts cast in a mold and to refine repoussé ornamentation.
Description: Brocade is a class of richly decorative woven fabrics, often made in colored silks with or gold and/or silver threads. Brocade is typically woven on a draw loom. It is a supplementary weft technique; that is, the ornamental brocading is produced by a supplementary, non-structural, weft in addition to the standard weft that holds the wa...
Description: Vitreous enamel, also called porcelain enamel, is a material made by fusing powdered glass to a substrate by firing. The powder melts, flows, and then hardens to a smooth, durable coating on metal, or on glass or ceramics. The term "enamel" is most often restricted to work on metal. Enameled glass is also called "painted". Fired enamel...
Description: Engraving is the practice of incising a design onto a hard, usually flat surface, by cutting grooves into it. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold, steel, or glass are engraved, or may provide an intaglio printing plate, of copper or another metal, for printing images on paper as prints or illustrations;...
Description: The term gilding covers a number of decorative techniques for applying fine gold leaf or powder to solid surfaces such as wood, stone, or metal to give a thin coating of gold. A gilded object is described as "gilt". Origin: Fifth century BC historian Herodotus mentions that the Egyptians gilded wood and metals, and many such objects ...
Description: A decoration in tones of a single color and especially gray designed to produce a three-dimensional effect.
Description: Polychrome terracotta is the practice of decorating terracotta sculptures or architectural elements by covering them with various colors of paint. Origin: Examples of polychromal pottery can be found as far back as Ancient Greece.
Description: Also called embossing, this metalwork technique used to define or refine the forms of a surface design and to bring them to the height of relief required. The metal is worked from the front by hammering with various tools that raise, depress, or push aside the metal without removing any from the surface. Origin: The techniques of repou...
Description: The term stained glass can refer to colored glass as a material or to works created from it. Although traditionally made in flat panels and used as windows, the creations of modern stained glass artists also include three-dimensional structures and sculpture. Origin: Throughout its thousand-year history, the term has been applied almos...
Description: A hard, fired brownish-red colored clay.
Description: The set of yarn placed lengthwise in the loom, crossed by and interlaced with the weft, and forming the lengthwise threads in a woven fabric.
Decription: The yarn woven across the width of the fabric through the lengthwise warp yarn.
The following inquiry-based entry points and related question sets are adapted from Harvard Project Zero’s Project MUSE (Museums Uniting with Schools in Education). Project MUSE, an international collaboration of researchers, classroom teachers, museum educators, and school principals, explored the potential of art museums to serve as integral elem...
Here is a set of questions for exploring works of art. You can respond to them on your own or take turns with someone else or with a group of people. Begin by choosing a work of art anywhere in the museum—it’s your choice. Please try not to read anything about the work before you start your QUEST. You will find that these questions invite differe...
There are no right or wrong answers to these questions. You don’t need an art background or any specific information to pursue this QUEST. Preliminary question: Do you like this work of art? Why or why not? (There are five questions in this QUEST. Please move on to question one.) What was the first element you noticed? What else caught your eye? ...
Here is a set of questions for exploring works of art. You can respond to them on your own or take turns with someone else or with a group of people. Begin by choosing a work of art anywhere in the museum—it’s your choice. Please try not to read anything about the work before you start your QUEST. You will find that these questions invite differe...
There are no right or wrong answers to these questions. You don’t need an art background or any specific information to pursue this QUEST. Preliminary question: Do you like this work of art? Why or why not? (There are five questions in this QUEST. Please move on to question one.) What is the story that you see in this work of art? How do the colo...
Here is a set of questions for exploring works of art. You can respond to them on your own or take turns with someone else or with a group of people. Begin by choosing a work of art anywhere in the museum—it’s your choice. Please try not to read anything about the work before you start your QUEST. You will find that these questions invite differe...
There are no right or wrong answers to these questions. You don’t need an art background or any specific information to pursue this QUEST. Preliminary question: Do you like this work of art? Why or why not? (There are five questions in this QUEST. Please move on to question one.) What do you see in the work of art in front of you? Do you think ever...
This activity allows the maker to create their own special book. It does not have to be dedicated to the Virgin Mary or other religious ideas; instead, the maker should think about what is important to them, as those who made many Christian Books of Hours considered. The book and its cover should reflect what it will eventually contain, just like t...
These instructions make a book with five pages, which is the minimum needed. More pages can easily be added before the cover is affixed.
Begin with a square sheet of paper. Each book requires five sheets. Fold the paper in half diagonally making sure to line up the edges. Use tongue depressor or bone folder to set the crease. Open the paper. Turn the paper over so that the diagonal fold points upward—we call this a mountain fold. Fold the paper in half horizontally making sure to li...
Safety note: Caution your students that the edges of the metal are very sharp. You can put masking tape around the edges as a protection if you choose. Take inspiration from patterns and symbols in the exhibition, the patterns and examples provided, and your own imagination. Sketch out your design on scrap paper. Place one sheet of metal on a givin...
Set metal sheet design-side down on the table. Glue matte board to the metal, centering it as closely as possible. Using scissors, cut off the metal corners. The line of the cut should be just above the point of the matte board. Fold the metal edges over the matte board. Be very careful of sharp edges. Take a piece of decorative paper and glue it...
The following fact sheets discuss selected artists from the Picturing Mary and A Global Icon exhibitions. These can be printed and handed out, or used as a resource. The selected artists are as follows: Sofonisba Anguissola Orsola Maddalena Caccia Artemisia Gentileschi Suor Plautilla Nelli Luisa Roldán Elisabetta Sirani
To answer these questions, refer to example works which can be found at the end of this guide.
To answer these questions, refer to example works which can be found at the end of this guide.
To answer these questions, refer to example works which can be found at the end of this guide.
To answer these questions, refer to example works which can be found at the end of this guide.
To answer these questions, refer to example works which can be found at the end of this guide.
To answer these questions, refer to example works which can be found at the end of this guide.
To answer these questions, refer to example works which can be found at the end of this guide.
To answer these questions, refer to example works which can be found at the end of this guide.
To answer these questions, refer to example works which can be found at the end of this guide.
To answer these questions, refer to example works which can be found at the end of this guide.
To answer these questions, refer to example works which can be found at the end of this guide.
To answer these questions, refer to example works which can be found at the end of this guide.
To answer these questions, refer to example works which can be found at the end of this guide.
To answer these questions, refer to example works which can be found at the end of this guide.
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Women in Scripture Art Reflections. Fleur Dorrell explores paintings of 16 different women in the Bible as interpreted by some inspiring artists.
It was first created for Richard II (1377-1399), whose emblem was the white hart (stag) – you will notice the plethora of white harts in both panels of the diptych.. The artist used lapis lazuli to create the blue of the Virgin’s and angels’ clothes .
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These stories have inspired some of the most memorable and powerful images in the history of art, from the epic landscapes of the Hudson River School to the dynamic and emotional sculptures of Auguste Rodin.
