Showing posts with label El Greco. Show all posts
Showing posts with label El Greco. Show all posts

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Love=Answer


El Greco
St. John the Evangelist
c. 1600
Oil on canvas
90 x 77 cm
Museo del Prado, Madrid

"I know that love is ultimately the only answer to mankind's problems. And I'm going to talk about it everywhere I go."

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Queens


El Greco (1541-1614), El Greco (1541-1614), Coronacion de la Virgen

Penso que o nível de civilização de uma sociedade, pode bem ser medido pela forma como as suas meninas e mulheres são por ela tratadas.

I think the level of civilization of a particular society, can be measured by the way it treats its girls and women.

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Salvation


A Abertura do Quinto Selo (1608–1614, óleo, 225 × 193 cm., New York, Metropolitan Museum)

"The very subject is taken from the Book of Revelation (6:9-11), where the souls of persecuted martyrs cry out to God for justice upon their persecutors on earth. The ecstatic figure of St. John dominates the canvas, while behind him naked souls writhe in a chaotic storm of emotion as they receive white robes of salvation."